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Webster 1913 Edition
Sea lion
Sea′ li′on
.(Zool.)
Any one of several large species of seals of the family
Otariidae
native of the Pacific Ocean, especially the southern sea lion (Otaria jubata
) of the South American coast; the northern sea lion (Eumetopias Stelleri
) found from California to Japan; and the black, or California, sea lion (Zalophus Californianus
), which is common on the rocks near San Francisco.