Akademik

Arctocephalus

noun

fur seals

• Syn: ↑genus Arctocephalus

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Otariidae, ↑family Otariidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑fur seal

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\\ˌärk(ˌ)tōˈsefələs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from arct- + -cephalus

: the genus containing the fur seals of the southern hemisphere

Useful english dictionary. 2012.