earless seal

earless seal

n. Any of various seals of the family Phocidae, which includes the harbor seal and elephant seals, characterized by short fore flippers, hind flippers specialized for swimming, a coat of short sleek hair, and the absence of external ears. Also called phocid, true seal.

earless seal

n (Animals) any seal of the pinniped family Phocidae, typically having rudimentary hind limbs, no external earflaps, and a body covering of hair with no underfur. Also called: hair seal Compare eared seal

ear′less seal′

n. any seal of the family Phocidae, lacking external ears and using the hind flippers only for swimming.

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earless seal - any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippershair seal, true 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

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