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HARP SEAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does harp seal mean?
• HARP SEAL (noun)
The noun HARP SEAL has 1 sense:
1. common Arctic seal; the young are all white
Familiarity information: HARP SEAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common Arctic seal; the young are all white
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
harp seal; Pagophilus groenlandicus
Hypernyms ("harp 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 ("harp seal" is a member of...):
genus Pagophilus; Pagophilus (harp seals)
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