sea elephant

noun

1. elephant seal.

sea elephant

noun

1. another name for elephant seal

Word History and Origins

Origin of sea elephant¹

First recorded in 1595–1605

Example Sentences

More impossible even than a sea elephant from that far beach where life was real and Paris a dream.

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The last variety of hair seal, the sea elephant, varies considerably from the preceding.

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I killed the loathsome bird with the rib-bone of a sea elephant, and Hamilton made a fine specimen of it later on.

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A gang of sealers was landed with a view to obtaining sea elephant and penguin oil.

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A sea elephant was then killed, and the blubber, heart and tongue taken; the first-named for use as fuel and the others for food.

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