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earless seal
noun
- any seal of the family Phocidae, comprising seals that lack external ears and that use the hind flippers for swimming: land locomotion is accomplished by wriggling and by propelling with the front flippers.
earless seal
noun
- any seal of the pinniped family Phocidae, typically having rudimentary hind limbs, no external earflaps, and a body covering of hair with no underfur Also calledhair seal Compare eared seal
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And there is no doubt that one of these is as much above an earless seal as fifty years of Europe are better than a cycle of Cathay.
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