hair seal

American  

noun

1. any of various seals having coarse hair and no soft underfur.

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hair seal British  

noun

1. any earless seal, esp the harbour seal, having a coat of stiff hair with no underfur

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Etymology

Origin of hair seal

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

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hair seal

To find true love, pluck a hair, seal it in a baggie, place the baggie inside a dedicated mailer and wait for your phone to chime with an update on your perfect match.

From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2021

The eider duck and the hair seal are disappearing, but on the word of Medical Missionary Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, the country is infested with mice "of many varieties."

From Time Magazine Archive

A big hit of the collection was a costume consisting of tight pants, mid-thigh-length boots and a hair seal pullover, with a Robin Hood hat and chained pendant.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many of the bays and inlets were alive with hair seal.

From Official Report of the Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands for the Government of British Columbia by Chittenden, Newton H. (Newton Henry)

Then they don't breed in harems and the male hair seal does not stay on shore.

From The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis