hair seal
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hair seal
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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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
A fur seal has a neck, a hair seal has practically none.
From The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
The latter animal is too well known to need description, but the skin of the hair seal is a kind of dirty grey, flecked with dark spots, and is short and bristly.
From From Paris to New York by Land by De Windt, Harry
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