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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
seal carnivorous aquatic mammal with front and hind feet modified as flippers, or fin-feet. The name seal is sometimes applied broadly to any of the fin-footed mammals, or pinnipeds, including the walrus , the eared seals ( sea lion and fur seal ), and the true seals, also called earless seals, hair seals, or phocid seals. More narrowly the term is applied only to true seals. The so-called performing seal of circuses is actually a sea lion. Characteristic Features of All Seals Pinnipeds have streamlined bodies, rounded in the middle and tapered at the ends, with a thick layer ... Read more
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fur seal
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition fur seal fin-footed marine mammal of the eared seal family (Otaridae), highly valued for its fur. Like the closely ... the nine species of fur seals are distinguished from the true seal by external ears and the ability to turn their hind flippers ... Read more

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