BEARDED SEAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bearded seal mean? 

• BEARDED SEAL (noun)
  The noun BEARDED SEAL has 1 sense:

1. medium-sized greyish to yellow seal with bristles each side of muzzle; of the Arctic Ocean

  Familiarity information: BEARDED SEAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEARDED SEAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Medium-sized greyish to yellow seal with bristles each side of muzzle; of the Arctic Ocean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bearded seal; Erignathus barbatus; squareflipper square flipper

Hypernyms ("bearded seal" is a kind of...):

earless seal; hair seal; true seal (any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers)

Holonyms ("bearded seal" is a member of...):

Erignathus; genus Erignathus (bearded seals)