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    HOODED SEAL

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac on the head; of Arctic and northern Atlantic watersplay

    Synonyms:

    bladdernose; Cystophora cristata; hooded seal

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("hooded seal" is a kind of...):

    earless seal; hair seal; true seal (any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers)

    Holonyms ("hooded seal" is a member of...):

    Cystophora; genus Cystophora (hooded seals)

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