earless seal (n)
true seal (n)
hair seal (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 05
def any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers
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Hypernym seal
Member holonym Phocidae, family Phocidae
Hyponym 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
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Hyponym seal
Member meronym Phocidae, family Phocidae
Hypernym 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

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