hair_seal (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *hair seal*:
NOUN	animal	hair seal, earless seal, true seal	any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers

English > *hair seal*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers.
Synonyms	earless seal, true seal
Member of	Phocidae, family Phocidae	earless seals
Narrower	bearded seal, squareflipper square flipper, Erignathus barbatus	medium-sized greyish to yellow seal with bristles each side of muzzle
	elephant seal, sea elephant	Either of two large northern Atlantic earless seals having snouts like trunks
	harbor seal, common seal, Phoca vitulina	small spotted seal of coastal waters of the northern hemisphere
	harp seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus	Common Arctic seal
	hooded seal, bladdernose, Cystophora cristata	medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac on the head
Broader	seal	Any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed
Spanish	foca, fócido
Catalan	foca

HyperDic: hair_seal