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hair seal

American  

noun

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


hair seal British  

noun

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

"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

Etymology

Origin of hair seal

First recorded in 1815–25

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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

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

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

The men wear a deerskin parka, a loose garment reaching a little below the waist and secured by a belt or walrus thong, and hair seal boots and breeches.

From From Paris to New York by Land by Harry De Windt

A fur seal has a neck, a hair seal has practically none.

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

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