elephant seal in English
noun
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a large seal that breeds on the west coast of North America and the islands around Antarctica. The male is much larger than the female and has a very thick neck and an inflatable snout.
It's home to the threatened southern elephant seal , the fur seal, two species of albatross and several species of, yes, penguin.
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1. 27 The southern elephant seal too would be brought low, killed in great numbers for the oil rendered from its blubber.
2. The largest, the elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), can reach up to 4,000 kilograms (8,818 lb), while females of the smallest, the Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella), reach only 150 kilograms (331 lb).