harp seal

harp seal
noun
common Arctic seal; the young are all white
• Hypernyms: ↑earless seal, ↑true seal, ↑hair seal
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pagophilus, ↑genus Pagophilus

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noun
: a common arctic seal (Phoca groenlandica) sometimes found as far south as the Maine coast, the adults being grayish above and white below, the male having a black crescent suggesting a harp along each side and a black face and throat, and the newborn young being all white

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a northern earless seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus, with pale-yellow fur darkening to gray with age, of coasts, drifting ice, and seas of the North Atlantic Ocean, hunted for its fur.
[1775-85; so called from the harplike shape of markings on the backs of adults]

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harp seal noun
The Greenland seal, a grey animal with dark bands curved like an old harp
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Main Entry: ↑harp

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harp seal,
= saddleback seal. (Cf. ↑saddleback seal)

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n. a slender North Atlantic seal that typically has a dark harp-shaped mark on its gray back. ● Phoca groenlandica, family Phocidae

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ˈharp seal 7 [harp seal harp seals] noun
a grey ↑seal with a curved mark on its back

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  • Harp seal — Harp Harp (h[aum]rp), n. [OE. harpe, AS. hearpe; akin to D. harp, G. harfe, OHG. harpha, Dan. harpe, Icel. & Sw. harpa.] 1. A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • harp seal — harp′ seal n. mam a N Atlantic earless seal Pagophilus groenlandicus[/ex] • Etymology: 1775–85; so called from the harp shaped markings on their backs …   From formal English to slang

  • harp seal — n. a migratory, earless arctic seal (Phoca groenlandica) having pups with silky, white fur …   English World dictionary

  • Harp Seal — Taxobox name = Harp Seal status = LR/lc status system = iucn2.3 status ref =IUCN2006|assessors=Seal Specialist Group|year=1996|id=41671|title=Pagophilus groenlandicus|downloaded=12 May 2006 ] image width = 240px range range map width = 240px… …   Wikipedia

  • harp seal — a northern earless seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus, with pale yellow fur darkening to gray with age, of coasts, drifting ice, and seas of the North Atlantic Ocean, hunted for its fur. [1775 85; so called from the harplike shape of markings on the… …   Universalium

  • harp seal — grenlandinis ruonis statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Pagophilus groenlandica angl. Greenland seal; harp seal; saddleback; saddle backed seal vok. Grönlandrobbe; grönländischer Seehund; mondfleckiger… …   Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas

  • harp seal — noun a slender North Atlantic seal that typically has a dark harp shaped mark on its grey back. [Phoca groenlandica.] …   English new terms dictionary

  • harp seal — noun A species () of true seal (or earless seal) found in the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and adjacent parts of the Arctic Ocean …   Wiktionary

  • harp seal — noun Etymology: from the shape of its markings Date: 1766 a dark faced seal (Phoca groenlandicus) of the North Atlantic that is a variable light gray with the male usually having a dark crescent on its back and sides …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Seal — (s[=e]l), n. [OE. sele, AS. seolh; akin to OHG. selah, Dan. s[ae]l, Sw. sj[ a]l, Icel. selr.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families {Phocid[ae]} and {Otariid[ae]}. [1913 Webster] Note: Seals inhabit seacoasts, and are found… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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