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True seal   /tru sil/   Listen
True seal

noun
1.
Any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers.  Synonyms: earless seal, hair seal.





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"True seal" Quotes from Famous Books



... is gassing us, the true seal has no sign of an ear, wherefore the deafening roar of the surf in which it delights to sport is probably no inconvenience to it. As distinguished from dumb beasts in general, it may properly be called a deaf and dumb animal. The false seal, on the contrary, has as true an ...
— Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 26, September 24, 1870 • Various


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