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ERIGNATHUS BARBATUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Erignathus barbatus mean?
• ERIGNATHUS BARBATUS (noun)
The noun ERIGNATHUS BARBATUS has 1 sense:
1. medium-sized greyish to yellow seal with bristles each side of muzzle; of the Arctic Ocean
Familiarity information: ERIGNATHUS BARBATUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("Erignathus barbatus" 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 ("Erignathus barbatus" is a member of...):
Erignathus; genus Erignathus (bearded seals)
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