Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

south american sea lion

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English

Syllables: south amer-i-can sea lion
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

3

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sea lion, Otaria flavescens, found on the Chilean, Peruvian, Uruguayan and Argentine coasts, with a very large head with an upturned snout.

Inflected Forms

South American sea lions (plural)

Synonyms

otaria byronia

Questions

What does south american sea lion mean?: A sea lion, Otaria flavescens, found on the Chilean, Peruvian, Uruguayan and Argentine coasts, with a very large head with an upturned snout.

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