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seal

noun [C] (ANIMAL)
 
 
/siːl/

Definition

B2 a large mammal that eats fish and lives partly in the sea and partly on land or iceMarine mammals
(Definition of seal noun (ANIMAL) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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