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PRONUNCIATION OF ELEPHANT SEAL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ELEPHANT SEAL

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Elephant seal is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ELEPHANT SEAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Elephant seal

Elephant seals are large, oceangoing earless seals in the genus Mirounga. The two species, the northern elephant seal and the southern elephant seal, both were hunted to the brink of extinction by the end of the 19th century, but numbers have since recovered. The northern elephant seal, somewhat smaller than its southern relative, ranges over the Pacific coast of the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The most northerly breeding location on the Pacific Coast is at Race Rocks, at the southern tip of Vancouver Island in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The southern elephant seal is found in the Southern Hemisphere on islands such as South Georgia and Macquarie Island, and on the coasts of New Zealand, South Africa, and Argentina in the Peninsula Valdés, which is the fourth-largest elephant seal colony in the world. Fossils of an as yet unnamed species of Mirounga have been found in South Africa, and dated to the Miocene epoch. Elephant seals breed annually and are seemingly faithful to colonies that have been established breeding areas.

Definition of elephant seal in the English dictionary

The definition of elephant seal in the dictionary is 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.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ELEPHANT SEAL

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eleoptene
elephant
elephant bird
elephant fish
elephant foot
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elephant gun
elephant in the room
elephant shrew
elephant´s-ear
elephant´s-foot
elephantiasic
elephantiasis
elephantine
elephantoid
elephants

WORDS THAT END LIKE ELEPHANT SEAL

bachelor seal
broad seal
common seal
cylinder seal
eared seal
earless seal
fur seal
great seal
grey seal
hair seal
harbour seal
harp seal
hooded seal
Hudson seal
monk seal
New Zealand fur seal
privy seal
seal
Solomon´s seal
southern fur seal
water seal

Synonyms and antonyms of elephant seal in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «elephant seal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ELEPHANT SEAL

Find out the translation of elephant seal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of elephant seal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «elephant seal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

象海豹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

elefante marino
570 millions of speakers

English

elephant seal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हाथी सील
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ختم الفيل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

слон
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

selo de elefante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হাতি সীল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

éléphant de mer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gajah laut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

See-Elefanten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ゾウアザラシ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

코끼리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Segel gajah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

con dấu voi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

யானை முத்திரை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हत्ती सील
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Deniz fili
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

elephant seal
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

słoń
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

слон
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sigiliu elefant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σφραγίδα ελέφαντα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

olifant
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sjöelefant
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

elefantsel
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ELEPHANT SEAL»

The term «elephant seal» is regularly used and occupies the 61.071 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about elephant seal

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ELEPHANT SEAL»

Discover the use of elephant seal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to elephant seal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Survival of a species: the elephant seal
Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of the elephant seal, the largest member of the amphibious mammal species.
James T. Crow, 1971
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Southern Elephant Seal: The Biggest Seal in the World
The Biggest Seal in the World Meish Goldish. Southern Elephant Southern Elephant Seal The Biggest Seal in the World The southern elephant seal is not actually an elephant. It's the world's biggest seal. It got its name because a male seal's ...
Meish Goldish, 2010
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The Northern Elephant Seal
By Charles Haskins Townsend, Director of the New York Aquarium. Illustrated with Photographs by the Writer. The elephant seal is the largest of all seals and owes its name to its great size and to the remarkable trunk or snout developed in the ...
Charles Haskins Townsend, 1912
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I Am a Seal: The Life of an Elephant Seal
Describes the physical characteristics and behavior of elephant seals.
Darlene R. Stille, 2004
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Meet the Elephant Seal: Educational Version
Directions: Read the book: Meet the Elephant Seal. Go throughthebook and find ten verbs. Highlight these words in green or write them on a piece of paper. If you donot know how to use the highlighteron your device, or how to change tothe ...
Caitlind L. Alexander
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Elephant Seal Seasons at the Piedras Blancas Colony, CA
Denise Kocek. 2. Adult Males Fighting for Territory 3. Birthing and Suckling 4. Mating 5. Weanerdom 6. Molting 7. Fall Haul-Out 8. Elephant Seal Stats 9. Elephant Seal Age Brackets 10. Charts 11. Other Marine Mammals ***** Location of the ...
Denise Kocek, 2011
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The Antarctic Dictionary: A Complete Guide to Antarctic English
It is also known as the southern elephant seal. and equally commonly as a sea elephant. and was once called a bottlenose seal. See also beachmaster. ellie. harem. slug 1902 Beddard. Frank Evers Mammalia. The Cambridge Natural History ...
Bernadette Hince, 2000
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Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals
Sex-specific foraging strategies and resource partitioning in the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina). Proc. Roy. Soc. B. 273, 2901-2907. Ling, J. K., and Bryden, M. M. (1981). Southern elephant seal — Mirounga leonina. In " Handbook ...
William F. Perrin, Bernd Wursig, J. G.M. Thewissen, 2009
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Elephant Seals: Population Ecology, Behavior, and Physiology
Past and present status of the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) at Macquarie Island. journal cyfZoology, London 213: 365-380. Humphreys, W. F. 1979. Production and respiration in animal populations. journal ofAnimal Ecology 48: ...
Burney J. Le Boeuf, Richard M. Laws, 1994
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CRC Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine: Health, Disease, and ...
Carlini, A.R., Marquez, M.E.I., Soave, G., Vergani, D.F., and Ronayne de Ferrer, P.A., 1994, Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina: Composition of milk during lactation, Polar Biol., 14: 37–42. Castellini, M.A., and Costa, D.P., 1990, ...
Leslie Dierauf, Frances M.D. Gulland, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ELEPHANT SEAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term elephant seal is used in the context of the following news items.
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Leopard seal spotted in Kaikoura
Leopard seals are the second largest species of seal after the elephant seal and are second only to killer whales as apex predators in the ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
2
Shark attack rates in California down 90 percent since the '50s
Certain things can make you shark bait, such as surfing in the fall near Central and Northern California's elephant seal colonies, such as those ... «Daily Democrat, Jul 15»
3
Necropsy on Beached Dolphin Inconclusive
A dead elephant seal was also found on Ocean Beach on Monday and biologists with the California Academy of Sciences responded to collect ... «The San Francisco Appeal, Jul 15»
4
Carlisle Music City: the Sunday line-up
Like the mighty elephant seal who shares their name, appearances can be deceiving, with three-part vocal harmonies giving way to ... «Cumbria Live, Jul 15»
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Dolphin, elephant seal wash up at Ocean Beach
A bottlenose dolphin and an elephant seal became the latest in a string of marine mammals to be found dead along the Northern California ... «SFGate, Jul 15»
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Leopard seal in Kaikoura a rare sight
Leopard seals are the second largest species of seal after the elephant seal and are second only to killer whales as apex predators in the ... «Marlborough Express, Jul 15»
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Sonoma County Bird Watching, Bike Rides and Hikes - Part 2
Wildlife abounds in Sonoma County during all seasons and include seals, sea lions and the occasional elephant seal and the twice-annual ... «Sonoma County Gazette, Jul 15»
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SLO: Coastal, Culinary, Cultural
Outdoor enthusiasts find a cornucopia of year-round fun, from the relaxing—tidepooling, whale watching, fishing, and visiting the elephant seal rookery—to the ... «hitched, Jul 15»
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Take a (Science) Hike: Five Great Bay Area Excursions
A northern elephant seal along the California coast. Elephant seals come out of the water to molt between May and July and to breed between ... «KQED, Jul 15»
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My love affair with Cambria
He even carried a pouch of elephant seal hair samples and a picture book. I spent about an hour with Postiff. It was suggested by the locals to ... «Visalia Times-Delta, Jun 15»

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