bedlamer

American  

[bed-luh-mer] / ˈbɛd lə mər /

noun

Newfoundland.

1. a harp seal, beyond the beater stage but not yet mature.

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Etymology

Origin of bedlamer

First recorded in 1760–70; origin uncertain; alleged to be a folk-etymological alteration of French bête de la mer “beast of the sea,” but compare British dialect bedlam “wild, ill-behaved, a troublesome person or animal” (developments of bedlam )