Sēa'-ĕl'e-phant, n.

noun

n. (Zoöl.) A species of seal; Macrorhinus proboscideus. It is of great size, sometimes attaining a length of thirty feet, and is remarkable for the prolongation of the nose, in the male, into an erectile soft, elastic snout, about a foot in length. Baird.

An elephant seal lies on the ground, facing right.
Sea-elephant.