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Definition of California sea lion

1. Noun. Often trained as a show animal.

Lexicographical Neighbors of California Sea Lion

Literary usage of California sea lion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Fur Traders and Fur Bearing Animals by Marcus Petersen (1914)
"The California sea lion, or West Coast Seal, is also found on both sides of ... The shape of the head of the California sea lion is different from that of ..."

2. California Mammals by Frank Stephens (1906)
"None are known from further south however, and this species is probably much less common there than the California sea lion. Externally the two species seem ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... Visual angle (minutes) 87 6.3 8.7 10.3 12.7 9.5 40 6.5 8.0 California sea lion Sam and (b) California sea lion Bibi at three different distances. Fig. ..."

4. The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton Waldo Burgess (1920)
"The best known of these are the California sea lion and the Fur Seal, ... The California sea lion is also called the Barking Sea Lion because of its habit ..."

5. Wild Life Conservation in Theory and Practice: Lectures Delivered Before the by William Temple Hornaday, Frederic Collin Walcott (1914)
"At six points on the California coast they killed twenty-four specimens of the California sea-lion and eighteen of Stellar's sea- lion. ..."

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