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Galapagos sea lion

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A small species of sea lion, Zalophus wollebaeki (though sometimes considered a subspecies of the Californian sea lion), that breeds in the Galápagos islands.

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  • Finnish: galapagosinmerileijona — Zalophus wollebaeki
  • Hungarian: galápagosi oroszlánfóka — Zalophus wollebaeki
  • Italian: leone marino delle Galapagos — Zalophus wollebaeki
  • Polish: uszanka galapagoska — Zalophus wollebaeki
  • Russian: галапаго́сский морско́й лев (galapagósskij morskój lev) — Zalophus wollebaeki