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| seal [ seel ] |
noun (plural seals) |
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1. fish-eating ocean mammal: a carnivorous ocean mammal with a sleek body adapted for swimming and living in cold regions and webbed feet modified as flippers. Families Otariidae, Phocidae.
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2. seal's pelt: the pelt or fur of a seal
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3. leather from seal's skin: leather made from the skin of a seal
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intransitive verb (past and past participle sealed, present participle seal·ing, 3rd person present singular seals) |
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hunt seals: to hunt seals, usually for their skins or blubber
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| [ Old English seol-, stem of seolh< Germanic] |
