Akademik

Mirounga

noun

elephant seals

• Syn: ↑genus Mirounga

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Phocidae, ↑family Phocidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑elephant seal, ↑sea elephant

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\\mə̇ˈrau̇ŋgə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Australian miouroung elephant seal

: a genus of Phocidae consisting of the elephant seal

Useful english dictionary. 2012.