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HOODED SEAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hooded seal mean? 

HOODED SEAL (noun)
  The noun HOODED SEAL has 1 sense:

1. medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac on the head; of Arctic and northern Atlantic watersplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


HOODED SEAL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac on the head; of Arctic and northern Atlantic waters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bladdernose; Cystophora cristata; hooded seal

Hypernyms ("hooded 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 ("hooded seal" is a member of...):

Cystophora; genus Cystophora (hooded seals)


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