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true seal
true sealn. See earless seal.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | true seal - any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippersearless seal, hair sealseal - any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regionsfamily Phocidae, Phocidae - earless sealscommon seal, harbor seal, Phoca vitulina - small spotted seal of coastal waters of the northern hemisphereharp seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus - common Arctic seal; the young are all whiteelephant seal, sea elephant - either of two large northern Atlantic earless seals having snouts like trunksbearded seal, Erignathus barbatus, squareflipper square flipper - medium-sized greyish to yellow seal with bristles each side of muzzle; of the Arctic Oceanbladdernose, Cystophora cristata, hooded seal - medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac on the head; of Arctic and northern Atlantic waters | EncyclopediaSeesealtrue seal
Synonyms for true sealnoun any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippersSynonymsRelated Words- seal
- family Phocidae
- Phocidae
- common seal
- harbor seal
- Phoca vitulina
- harp seal
- Pagophilus groenlandicus
- elephant seal
- sea elephant
- bearded seal
- Erignathus barbatus
- squareflipper square flipper
- bladdernose
- Cystophora cristata
- hooded seal
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