Meanings
nounelephant seal (plural elephant seals)
plural elephant seals
- Any large marine mammal of the genus Mirounga, the largest of the pinnipeds.
"It's heavily colonised by penguins and elephant seals and all kinds of sea birds," said Prof Coffin, who studies the undersea geography of the islands.
2025 April 4, Ottlie Mitchell, Tiffanie Turnbull, “'Nowhere's safe': How an island of penguins ended up on Trump tariff list”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 06 Apr 2025, retrieved 04 Sep 2026
Synonyms & antonyms
nouneither of two large northern Atlantic earless seals having snouts like trunks
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Translations
Afrikaans see-olifant, olifantrob
- see-olifantmammal of the genus Mirounga
- olifantrobmammal of the genus Mirounga
Bulgarian морски слон
- морски слон (morski slon)mammal of the genus Mirounga
Catalan elefant marí
- elefant marímammal of the genus Mirounga
Chinese Mandarin 象海豹
- 象海豹 (xiànghǎibào)mammal of the genus Mirounga
Czech rypouš
- rypoušmammal of the genus Mirounga
Dutch zeeolifant
- zeeolifantmammal of the genus Mirounga
Finnish merinorsu
- merinorsumammal of the genus Mirounga
French éléphant de mer
- éléphant de mermammal of the genus Mirounga
German See-Elefant
- See-Elefantmammal of the genus Mirounga
Greek θαλάσσιος ελέφαντας
- θαλάσσιος ελέφαντας (thalássios eléfantas)mammal of the genus Mirounga
Hungarian elefántfóka
- elefántfókamammal of the genus Mirounga
Icelandic sæfíll
- sæfíllmammal of the genus Mirounga
Indonesian gajah laut
- gajah lautmammal of the genus Mirounga
Irish rón eilifintiúil, smutrón
- rón eilifintiúilmammal of the genus Mirounga
- smutrónmammal of the genus Mirounga
Italian elefante marino
- elefante marinomammal of the genus Mirounga
Korean 코끼리물범
- 코끼리물범 (kokkirimulbeom)mammal of the genus Mirounga
Māori ihu koropuku
- ihu koropukumammal of the genus Mirounga
Polish słoń morski, mirunga
- słoń morskimammal of the genus Mirounga
- mirungamammal of the genus Mirounga
Portuguese foca-elefante, elefante-marinho
- foca-elefantemammal of the genus Mirounga
- elefante-marinhomammal of the genus Mirounga
Romanian focă elefant
- focă elefantmammal of the genus Mirounga
Russian морско́й слон
- морско́й слон (morskój slon)mammal of the genus Mirounga
Spanish elefante marino
- elefante marinomammal of the genus Mirounga
Swahili tembo wa bahari
- tembo wa baharimammal of the genus Mirounga
Swedish sjöelefant
- sjöelefantmammal of the genus Mirounga
Welsh eliffant môr
- eliffant môrmammal of the genus Mirounga
Cite this entry
APA
elephant seal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elephant%20seal
MLA
“elephant seal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elephant%20seal. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “elephant seal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elephant%20seal.
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