bearded seal

American  

noun

1. a large gray-to-golden seal, Erignathus barbatus, inhabiting the Arctic Ocean and adjacent waters, having square foreflippers and a thick mustache of long bristles on each side of the muzzle.

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Example Sentences

She also contacted a museum in Alaska and a gut-skin specialist there who told her she was sure the coat was made from a bearded seal.

From Washington Times • May 2, 2020

Foote said the hospital would consider serving whale or bearded seal if enough was donated.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2019

Women worked in a large outdoor kitchen, cutting meat from bearded seal, whale and birds with sharp round ulu blades.

From The Guardian • Jul. 16, 2015

The hunt for bearded seal was abnormally short because of melted ice.

From National Geographic • Jul. 1, 2015

My father saw the head of a bearded seal, just the top of it, sticking up through the ice.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell