leopard seal
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of leopard seal
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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Matthew Smith captured a striking split image of a curious leopard seal beneath the Antarctic ice, using a custom extension he designed for his camera's underwater housing.
From BBC • Oct. 8, 2024
Emperor penguins are an integral part of the Antarctic food chain, in which they prey upon squid and small fish and are preyed upon by larger predators like the leopard seal and killer whale.
From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2022
Scientists in New Zealand made an unexpected discovery while they were defrosting a slab of leopard seal poop that had been saved in a freezer for more than a year.
From Fox News • Feb. 6, 2019
Scientists have observed instances in which food passes from one leopard seal to another, says Krause.
From National Geographic • Aug. 7, 2015
Just as they were finishing, a leopard seal loomed through the mist, hunching itself across the ice.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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