a type of large seal (= a mammal that eats fish and lives partly in the sea) found in North America and Antarctica. The males are very large and have a long snout (= nose).

A bull elephant seal can weigh as much as 5,000 pounds. 一头公海象可重达5000磅。

We saw elephant seals on the beaches. 我们在海滩上看到了海象。