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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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

A fur seal naturally has fur, the hair seal has no undercoat whatever.

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

Many hair seal were seen about the island, and three were killed.

From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Fitzroy, Robert