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any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers

↑harbor seal, ↑common seal, ↑Phoca vitulina, ↑harp seal, ↑Pagophilus groenlandicus, ↑elephant seal, ↑sea elephant, ↑bearded seal, ↑squareflipper square flipper, ↑Erignathus barbatus, ↑hooded seal, ↑bladdernose, ↑Cystophora cristata

: a seal of the family Phocidae — compare eared seal

any seal of the family Phocidae, comprising seals that lack external ears and that use the hind flippers for swimming: land locomotion is accomplished by wriggling and by propelling with the front flippers. Also called true seal. Cf. eared seal.

earless seal,

= hair seal. (Cf. ↑hair seal)