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SEAL OIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does seal oil mean?
• SEAL OIL (noun)
The noun SEAL OIL has 1 sense:
1. a pale yellow to red-brown fatty oil obtained from seal blubber; used in making soap and dressing leather and as a lubricant
Familiarity information: SEAL OIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pale yellow to red-brown fatty oil obtained from seal blubber; used in making soap and dressing leather and as a lubricant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("seal oil" is a kind of...):
animal oil (any oil obtained from animal substances)
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