common seal
Britishnoun
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It’s also a vital food source for many fish, sharks, marine mammals and birds — namely the common seal, California sea lion, Chinook salmon, blue shark, Brandt’s cormorant — and, of course, humans.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2022
A part of the debts had been incurred on the common seal of the company and part on the personal security of the committee of seven.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 by Various
"They assembled in chapter, had a common seal, held courts as lords of the manor."
From Holborn and Bloomsbury The Fascination of London by Besant, Walter, Sir
The trials," continues Dr Edmonston, "I have made on these points have been equally numerous on the great as on the common seal.
From Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. by White, Adam
I now assert—neither was it a common seal nor a sea-elephant, its great length and its totally differing physiognomy precluding the possibility of its being a 'Phoca' of any species.
From Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by Lee, H. W. (Henry William)
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