Word

hair seal, n.

any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers
<noun.animal>

earless seal hair seal true seal

semantic pointers

hypernym

seal

member holonym

Phocidae, family Phocidae

hyponym

harbor seal, common seal, Phoca vitulina harp seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus elephant seal, sea elephant bearded seal, squareflipper square flipper, Erignathus barbatus hooded seal, bladdernose, Cystophora cristata