hooded seal

noun

a large seal, Cystophora cristata, the male of which has a large, distensible, hoodlike sac on the head.

Nearby words

hood molding, hood mould, hood rat, hooded, hooded crow, hooded seal, hooded top, hooded warbler, hoodia, hoodie, hoodlum

Origin of hooded seal

First recorded in 1860–65

Also called bladdernose.

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British Dictionary definitions for hooded seal

hooded seal

noun

a large greyish earless seal, Cystophora cristata, of the N Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, having an inflatable hoodlike sac over the nasal regionAlso called: bladdernose

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