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ringed seal

American  

noun

  1. an Arctic seal, Phoca hispida, having irregular, pale, ring-shaped markings around its body.


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The samples were sent for genetic analyses to uncover the seals' DNA profile, and the results revealed that the Kangia ringed seals are genetically different from the typical Arctic ringed seal.

From Science Daily • Nov. 1, 2023

The ringed seal has an uncertain future as its breeding habitat has drastically declined due to reduced ice cover, the report stated.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2022

The blubber from one adult ringed seal can help a polar bear survive for more than 10 days.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 22, 2021

If ringed seal populations slump, there will be another victim, too: they are the prime food source of the polar bear.

From The Guardian • Jan. 19, 2017

Johansen took a walk along the lanes, and also managed to miss a ringed seal, or ‘snad,’ as we call it in Norwegian, in a pool here east of us.

From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 by Nansen, Fridtjof