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Sea lion   /si lˈaɪən/   Listen
Sea lion

noun
1.
Any of several large eared seals of the northern Pacific related to fur seals but lacking their valuable coat.



Related searches:
Australian sea lion
California sea lion
South American sea lion
Steller sea lion
Steller's sea lion


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"Sea lion" Quotes from Famous Books



... include the dugong, sea lion, sea otter, seals, turtles, and whales; oil pollution in Philippine Sea and South China Sea; dotted with low coral islands and rugged volcanic islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean; subject to tropical cyclones (typhoons) in southeast and east Asia from May to ...
— The 1991 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... 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 ear as e'er was seen. To the counterfeits belong the sea lion, the Mane specimen of the tribe in the Arctic sea, and the sea leopard, which seems to be phocalized in the Antarctic circle. All the varieties of the seal seek concealment in caverns, and their Hides are ...
— Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 26, September 24, 1870 • Various
... the guard so hard he sent him flying over the high iron fence that surrounded the sea lions' pool and rock cave where they lived. He fell kersplash into the water, astride a papa sea lion as he went swimming round and round his rock home. When the lion felt something alight on his back, he dove to the bottom of the pool in a flash, taking the guard with him. But no human being could stick on the ...
— Billy Whiskers' Adventures • Frances Trego Montgomery
... species include the dugong, sea lion, sea otter, seals, turtles, and whales; oil pollution in Philippine Sea and ...
— The 2008 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... riding a helmeted fish; the Northern Ocean as a Triton mounted on a rearing walrus; the Southern Ocean as a negro backing a sea elephant and playing with an octopus; and the Pacific as a female on a creature that might be a sea lion, but is not. Dolphins backed by nymphs of the sea serve a double purpose as decoration and as spouts for ...
— The Jewel City • Ben Macomber


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