Akademik

Eumetopias

noun

sea lions

• Syn: ↑genus Eumetopias

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Otariidae, ↑family Otariidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑Steller sea lion, ↑Steller's sea lion, ↑Eumetopias jubatus

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\\ˌyüməˈtōpēəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from eu- + Greek metōpias having a broad forehead, from metōpon forehead — more at metopion

: a genus of sea lions including the Australian sea lion and the Steller's sea lion

Useful english dictionary. 2012.