セイウチ

noun

walrus

The large marine mammal Odobenus rosmarus. Usually written in katakana as セイウチ. The kanji 海象 is a gikun reading.

from Russian sivuch

• 水すい族ぞく館かんで大おおきなセイウチを見みた。

  I saw a big walrus at the aquarium.

• セイウチの長ながい牙きばは特とく徴ちょう的てきだ。

  The walrus's long tusks are distinctive.

noun

elephant seal

Only when written 海象 · Only with reading かいぞう

Refers to the elephant seal (Mirounga spp.), a different marine mammal. This sense is restricted to the reading かいぞう and the kanji 海象. It is a rare, specialized term; the more common word is ゾウアザラシ.

See also: ゾウアザラシ

• 海かい象ぞうはゾウアザラシの別べつ名めいとして使つかわれることがある。

  海象 (かいぞう) is sometimes used as another name for the elephant seal.