noun
any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers
• Syn: ↑earless seal, ↑hair seal
• Hypernyms: ↑seal
• Hyponyms:
↑harbor seal, ↑common seal, ↑Phoca vitulina, ↑harp seal, ↑Pagophilus groenlandicus, ↑elephant seal, ↑sea elephant, ↑bearded seal, ↑squareflipper square flipper, ↑Erignathus barbatus, ↑hooded seal, ↑bladdernose, ↑Cystophora cristata
• Member Holonyms: ↑Phocidae, ↑family Phocidae
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noun : a seal of the family Phocidae as distinguished from sea lions and eared seals of the family Otariidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.