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SEA-LEOPARD. A seal (Ogmorhinus leptonyx) of the monk-seal group, widely distributed in the southern oceans. It grows to be ten feet long and is the largest of the southern hair-seals, excepting the elephant-seal (q.v.). It takes its name from its spotted gray-and-white coat.
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