noun
any of several large eared seals of the northern Pacific related to fur seals but lacking their valuable coat
• Hypernyms: ↑eared seal
• Hyponyms:
↑South American sea lion, ↑Otaria Byronia, ↑California sea lion, ↑Zalophus californianus, ↑Zalophus californicus, ↑Australian sea lion, ↑Zalophus lobatus, ↑Steller sea lion, ↑Steller's sea lion, ↑Eumetopias jubatus
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noun, pl ⋯ lions [count]
: a large seal that lives near coasts in the Pacific Ocean
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a large ↑seal (= a sea animal with thick fur, that eats fish and lives around the coast) that lives by the Pacific Ocean
Useful english dictionary. 2012.