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A very large seal Macrorhinus proboscideusof the Antarctic seas; much hunted for its oil. It sometimes attains a length of thirty feet; and is remarkable for the prolongation of the nose of the adult male into an erectile elastic proboscis; about a foot in length. Another species of smaller size ().
