sea puppy

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sea puppy

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The nickname comes from their resemblance to dogs in various respects, which is largely explainable by their phylogenetic relation to dogs; and the fact that they live in the sea.

noun sea puppies

  1. colloquial, diminutive, humorous A seal, especially one of the cutest and furriest kinds of seal, such as a fur seal or a sea lion, and most especially a juvenile thereof.

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"sea puppy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sea%20puppy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{sea_puppy_2026,
  title = {sea puppy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sea%20puppy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}