Word.ws English Dictionary

sea-lion

sea-lion is the alternative form of sea lion.

Meaning of sea lion

Noun

sea lion (plural sea lions)

  1. A pinniped of most genera in the family Otariidae (the eared seals).
    • Near-synonym: sea puppy (a seal; informal, humorous)
    Synonyms:
    sea puppy
  2. A monster consisting of the upper part of a lion combined with the tail of a fish (a lion marined).
  3. (US, historical, slang) A steamer transporting cattle from the ports of Texas.
  4. (US, historical, slang) A cow or bull transported by steamer from the ports of Texas.

Questions about sea-lion

What is sea-lion the alternative form of?
Sea-lion is the alternative form of sea lion.

Words near sea-lion in the dictionary

  1. sea-level
  2. sea-light
  3. sea-lights
  4. sea-lilies
  5. sea-lily
  6. sea-lion
  7. sea-locked
  8. sea-locust
  9. sea-locusts
  10. sea-luce
  11. sea-luces

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sea-lion (page history and authors); sea lion (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “sea-lion.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/sea-lion. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.