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elephant seal

elephant seal noun: any large marine mammal of the genus Mirounga, the largest of the pinnipeds.

elephant seal: any large marine mammal of the genus Mirounga, the largest of the pinnipeds
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Noun

elephant seal (plural elephant seals)

  1. Any large marine mammal of the genus Mirounga, the largest of the pinnipeds.

elephant seal meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Indonesian

elephant seal in Tamil

elephant seal
கடல் யானை kaṭal yāṉai

elephant seal in Malayalam

mammal of the genus Mirounga
കടലാന kaṭalāna, ആനത്തിമിംഗിലം ānattimiṅgilaṁ

elephant seal in Indonesian

mammal of the genus Mirounga
gajah laut

Forms of elephant seal

pluralelephant seals

Words formed from elephant seal

Questions about elephant seal

What does elephant seal mean?
Elephant seal means any large marine mammal of the genus Mirounga, the largest of the pinnipeds.
What is elephant seal in Tamil?
Elephant seal in Tamil is கடல் யானை (kaṭal yāṉai). See Elephant seal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is elephant seal?
Elephant seal is a noun.
What is the plural of elephant seal?
The plural of elephant seal is elephant seals.

Words near elephant seal in the dictionary

  1. Elephant Moraine
  2. elephant paper
  3. elephant polo
  4. elephant race
  5. elephant races
  6. elephant seal
  7. elephant seals
  8. elephant shrew
  9. elephant shrews
  10. elephant skin
  11. elephant test

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