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common seal

noun

  1. the official seal of a corporate body

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

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Grey seals are the largest of the UK's two species of seals, the other is the common seal and is a protected species.

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The animal, thought to be a harbour or common seal, was spotted basking in the sun on the Somerset Levels by nature photographer Carl Bovis on Sunday.

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Now more than 100 seals live on the sands and it is the only regular breeding colony of common seals on England's north east coast.

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Grant Auton also won second prize overall for this stunning image of a swimming common seal.

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