Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A genus comprising the elephant seals.
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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Phocidae — theelephant seals .
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- noun elephant seals
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Examples
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Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii); southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina); and southern fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella).
Antarctic Peninsula 2009
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Large populations of southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina occur on Heard Island, principally on the eastern spit, although numbers have decreased significantly in recent years.
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The two marine mammals found on land are the subantarctic fur seals Arctocephalus tropicalis and southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina.
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Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) numbered 110,000 during the mid-1950s.
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Studies on the Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina (L.).
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Subantarctic fur seal Arctocephalus tropicalis (200,000 individuals and increasing), and southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina (about 100 individuals) are the only two native breeding mammals.
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While the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) no longer breeds on the islands, its numbers have been increasing.
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Subantarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis) are abundant, and southern elephant seal populations (Mirounga leonina) have been increasing.
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It marked the divide between Mirounga Bay (where the Rat Pack hunted) and Shubrick Point (where the Sisterhood reigned).
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The Catlins Forest Park coastline is the only place where elephant seals (Mirounga leonina), New Zealand fur seals (Arctocephalus forsteri) and the New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri VU) all co-exist.
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