Seals may refer to:
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Pinniped
Pinnipeds (pronounced ), commonly known as seals, are a widely distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic, mostly marine mammals. They comprise the extant families Odobenidae (whose only living member is the walru ...
, a diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals, many of which are commonly called seals, particularly:
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Earless seal
The earless seals, phocids or true seals are one of the three main groups of mammals within the seal lineage, Pinnipedia. All true seals are members of the family Phocidae (). They are sometimes called crawling seals to distinguish them from th ...
, or "true seal"
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Fur seal
Fur seals are any of nine species of pinnipeds belonging to the subfamily Arctocephalinae in the family '' Otariidae''. They are much more closely related to sea lions than true seals, and share with them external ears (pinnae), relatively lon ...
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Seal (emblem)
A seal is a device for making an impression in Sealing wax, wax, clay, paper, or some other medium, including an embossment on paper, and is also the impression thus made. The original purpose was to authenticate a document, or to prevent interf ...
, a device to impress an emblem, used as a means of authentication, on paper, wax, clay or another medium (the impression is also called a seal)
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Seal (mechanical)
A mechanical seal is a device that helps join systems and mechanisms together by preventing leakage (e.g. in a pumping system), containing pressure, or excluding contamination. The effectiveness of a seal is dependent on adhesion in the case of ...
, a device which helps prevent leakage, contain pressure, or exclude contamination where two systems join
In military:
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United States Navy SEALs
The United States Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Teams, commonly known as Navy SEALs, are the U.S. Navy's primary special operations force and a component of the Naval Special Warfare Command. Among the SEALs' main functions are conducting sma ...
, the U.S. Navy's principal special operations force
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Royal Thai Navy SEALs
The Naval Special Warfare Command ( th, หน่วยบัญชาการสงครามพิเศษทางเรือ), commonly known as the Royal Thai Navy SEALs (an acronym for SEa–Air–Land), is the special operations force ...
, part of the Royal Thai Navy
In sport:
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Florida Seals
The Florida Seals were a minor league ice hockey franchise, a member of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL). Originally based in Orlando, Florida, as the Orlando Seals, they later moved to Kissimmee, Florida, a suburb thirty miles so ...
, a minor league ice hockey team from 2002 and 2007
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California Golden Seals
The California Golden Seals were a professional ice hockey club that competed in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1967 to 1976. Based in Oakland, California, they played their home games at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena. The S ...
, originally ''California Seals'', a former NHL ice hockey team
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San Francisco Seals (baseball)
The San Francisco Seals were a minor league baseball team in San Francisco, California, that played in the Pacific Coast League from 1903 until 1957 before transferring to Phoenix, Arizona. The organization was named for the abundant California se ...
, a minor league baseball team in the Pacific Coast League from 1903 until 1957
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San Francisco Seals (ice hockey)
The San Francisco Seals were a minor league hockey team which played in the Western Hockey League from 1961 to 1967.
Pro hockey returns to California
After his Spokane Comets were eliminated from the 1960–61 WHL playoffs, owner Mel Smith announ ...
, a minor league hockey team in the Western Hockey League from 1961 until 1967
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San Francisco Seals (soccer)
The San Francisco Seals were a soccer team based in San Francisco, California. The team began as the senior team of the San Francisco United Soccer Club founded in 1985, a 501(c)(3) organization. The club is based in San Francisco. In 1992, the ...
, an American soccer team in the USL Premier Development League from 1992 until 2008
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Victoria Seals
The Victoria Seals were a professional baseball team based in Victoria, British Columbia. The Seals were a member of the North Division of the independent Golden Baseball League, which is not affiliated with either Major League Baseball (MLB) or ...
, a professional baseball team based in Victoria, British Columbia from 2008 until 2010
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San Diego Seals
The San Diego Seals are a box lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League. They play their home games at the Pechanga Arena in San Diego, California
San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located ...
, a professional box lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League
Places:
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Seals, Georgia
Seals is an unincorporated location in Camden County in the state of Georgia, United States.
Its position is at at an elevation of 21 feet.
It is located at the point where the Old Jefferson Highway meets the railway line, just east of Flo ...
, United States
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Seal's Rock
Lundy is an English island in the Bristol Channel. It was a micronation from 1925–1969. It forms part of the district of Torridge District, Torridge in the county of Devon.
About long and wide, Lundy has had a long and turbulent history, ...
, Lundy, Devonshire, England
Other:
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Seals (surname) Seals is an English surname of Cornish origin. The Seals family lived in the parish of Seal which had holdings in the English counties of Northumberland, Leicester, Surrey and Kent.
List of people with surname Seals
* AJ Seals (born 2000), Ameri ...
* "SEALS", the
South East Academic Libraries System
The South African ''South East Academic Libraries System'', commonly known as SEALS, was conceptualized in 1998 as a regional library cooperative, and fully constituted in 1999 as a regional consortium, under the auspices of the Eastern Cape Hig ...
* "Seals", an episode of the television series ''
Teletubbies
''Teletubbies'' is a British children's television series created by Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport for the BBC. The programme focuses on four differently coloured characters known as the Teletubbies, named after the television screens on th ...
''
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Southeast Asian Linguistics Society The Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (SEALS) is a linguistic society dedicated to the study of languages and linguistics in mainland and insular Southeast Asia. It was founded in 1991 by Martha Ratliff and Eric Schiller. Paul Sidwell is currently ...
(SEALS)
See also
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Seal (disambiguation)
Seal may refer to any of the following:
Common uses
* Pinniped, a diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals, many of which are commonly called seals, particularly:
** Earless seal, or "true seal"
** Fur seal
* Seal (emblem), a device to impr ...
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Seale (disambiguation) Seale may refer to:
*Seale, Alabama, an unincorporated community in the United States
*Seale, Surrey, a village in England
*Seale Hayne College, military hospital in Ivybridge, Devon, UK
Seale is also a surname:
* Seale Baronets (since 1838), nobl ...
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Seven seals (disambiguation) The seven seals are seven symbolic seals mentioned in the Book of Revelation whose opening is said to signal the end of the world.
Seven seals may also refer to:
* ''Seven Seals'' (album), a 2005 album by German power metal band Primal Fear
See ...
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Sealing (disambiguation)
Sealing may refer to:
Processes
* Seal (emblem), applying a seal to a document for authentication
* Sealing wax, a wax material of a seal which, after melting, hardens quickly
* Duct sealing, the sealing of leaks in air ducts
* Induction sealing ...
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Seals and Crofts
Seals and Crofts was an American soft rock duo made up of James Eugene Seals (October 17, 1942 – June 6, 2022) and Darrell George "Dash" Crofts (born August 14, 1938) They are best known for their hits "Summer Breeze (song), Summer Breeze" (1 ...
, American music duo
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Seals of the U.S. states
The following table displays the official flag, seal, and coat of arms of the 50 states, of the federal district, the 5 inhabited territories, and the federal government of the United States of America.
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The largest Native Americ ...
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