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sea calf

sea calf noun: synonym of common seal (Phoca vitulina).

Noun

sea calf (plural sea calves or (proscribed) sea calfs)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of common seal (Phoca vitulina).
    Synonyms:
    common seal
  2. (dated) the young of the manatee and dugong.

sea calf meaning in Telugu

sea calf in Telugu

sea calf
సముద్రపుదూడ samudrapudūḍa

Synonyms of sea calf

Forms of sea calf

pluralsea calves
plural proscribedsea calfs
alternative formseacalf
alternative formsea-calf

Origin of sea calf

From Middle English see calf, ultimately a calque of Latin vitulus marīnus (literally “sea calf”). Compare French veau marin and German Seekalb. See also Latin porcus marīnus (“porpoise”, literally “sea pork”), rāna marīna (“anglerfish”, literally “sea frog”), bōs marīna (“sea cow, dugong”), caballus marīnus (“seahorse”), canis marīnus (“seal”, synonym of vitulus marīnus, literally “sea dog”) and translingual Phoca vitulina (“calf-like seal, sea calf”). Equivalent to sea + calf.

Questions about sea calf

What does sea calf mean?
Sea calf means synonym of common seal (Phoca vitulina).
What is sea calf in Telugu?
Sea calf in Telugu is సముద్రపుదూడ (samudrapudūḍa). See Sea calf meaning in Telugu.
What part of speech is sea calf?
Sea calf is a noun.
What is the plural of sea calf?
The plural of sea calf is sea calves.

Words near sea calf in the dictionary

  1. sea butterfly
  2. sea button
  3. sea buttons
  4. sea cabbage
  5. sea cabbages
  6. sea calf
  7. sea calfs
  8. sea calves
  9. sea camel
  10. sea camels
  11. sea campion

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sea calf (page history and authors); సముద్రపుదూడ (Telugu) (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.

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