elephant seal

noun

either of two seals of the genus Mirounga, of the Pacific coast of North America and the Antarctic Ocean, having a curved proboscis resembling an elephant's trunk.
Also called sea elephant.

Origin of elephant seal

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby elephant seal

elephant fish, elephant folio, elephant grass, elephant gun, elephant man's disease, elephant seal, elephant shrew, elephant's-ear, elephant's-foot, elephant's-trunk snake, elephantiasis

British Dictionary definitions for elephant seal

elephant seal

noun

either of two large earless seals, Mirounga leonina of southern oceans or M. angustirostris of the N Atlantic, the males of which have a long trunklike snout