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southern elephant seal

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

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noun

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A large seal, found mainly around Antarctica of species Mirounga leonina, famous for being the largest ever carnivoran mammal.

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14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: elefant marí meridional — Mirounga leonina
  • Chinese Mandarin: 南象海豹 (nánxiàng hǎibào) — Mirounga leonina
  • Czech: rypouš sloní — Mirounga leonina
  • Dutch: zuidelijke zeeolifant — Mirounga leonina
  • Finnish: etelänmerinorsu — Mirounga leonina
  • Finnish: etelänisohylje — Mirounga leonina
  • Hungarian: déli elefántfóka — Mirounga leonina
  • Icelandic: suðlægi sæfílinn — Mirounga leonina
  • Icelandic: kóngasæfíll — Mirounga leonina
  • Irish: rón eilifintiúil deisceartach — Mirounga leonina
  • Irish: smutrón deisceartach — Mirounga leonina
  • Polish: mirunga południowa — Mirounga leonina
  • Polish: słoń morski południowy — Mirounga leonina
  • Russian: ю́жный морско́й слон (júžnyj morskój slon) — Mirounga leonina