sea elephant


Origin of sea elephant

1
First recorded in 1595–1605

Words Nearby sea elephant

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How to use sea elephant in a sentence

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

    The Beach of Dreams | H. De Vere Stacpoole
  • The last variety of hair seal, the sea elephant, varies considerably from the preceding.

    The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
  • I killed the loathsome bird with the rib-bone of a sea elephant, and Hamilton made a fine specimen of it later on.

    The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
  • A gang of sealers was landed with a view to obtaining sea elephant and penguin oil.

    The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
  • 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.

    The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson

British Dictionary definitions for sea elephant

sea elephant

noun
  1. another name for elephant seal

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