hooded seal

noun

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

hooded seal

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of hooded seal¹

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.

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

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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.

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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.

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

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