sea elephant

English - Turkish

Definition of sea elephant in English Turkish dictionary

denizfili

{i} iri ayıbalığı

{i} deniz fili

English - English

Definition of sea elephant in English English dictionary

The elephant seal

Another species of smaller size M

{i} (Zoology) very large earless seal with a snout like a trunk

either of two large northern Atlantic earless seals having snouts like trunks

It sometimes attains a length of thirty feet, and is remarkable for the prolongation of the nose of the adult male into an erectile elastic proboscis, about a foot in length

angustirostris occurs on the coast of Lower California, but is now nearly extinct

A very large seal (Macrorhinus proboscideus) of the Antarctic seas, much hunted for its oil

Related Terms

The sea elephant

sea wolf

Hyphenation

sea el·e·phant

Turkish pronunciation

si elıfınt

Pronunciation

/ˈsē ˈeləfənt/ /ˈsiː ˈɛləfənt/

Etymology

[ 'sE ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English see, from Old English s[AE]; akin to Old High German sE sea, Gothic saiws.