hooded seal

American  

noun

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

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hooded seal British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of hooded seal

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

The hooded seal has moved from Vulnerable to Endangered, while the bearded and harp seals are now Near Threatened due to shrinking sea ice.

From BBC

Not surprisingly, hooded seal milk is more than 60 percent fat — the fattiest milk among mammals.

From New York Times

Polar bears in east Greenland, for example, have increased their PCB intake by switching from hunting ring seals to hooded seals, which have higher PCB concentrations in their bodies.

From Science Magazine

But most of the bones are marine: scraps of whale bone, jaw and skull fragments of harp seals, a bit of inner ear of a hooded seal.

From Science Magazine

Arctic harp seals and hooded seals come to Maine’s waters in the winter.

From Washington Times