| 单词 | harp-seal |
| 释义 | > as lemmasharp-seal harp-seal n. see sense 7. harp-seal 7. Also harp-seal: The Greenland seal: so called from the harp-shaped dark marking on the back. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Phocidae > genus phoca > phoca groenlandica (harp-seal) bedlamer1773 harp-seal1784 saddleback1856 saddler1873 1784 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. I. i. 165 The Newfoundland Seal-hunters call it the Harp, or Heart Seal, and name the marks on the sides the saddle. 1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. I. §202 The Greenland, or Harp Seal, is remarkable for the changes of colour which it undergoes. 1854 Chambers's Jrnl. 1 76 Four varieties..the young harp and young hood, the old harp and the bedlamer, or old hood. 1885 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 25 Apr. 2/3 Steamer Ranger..returned to St. John's with 35,600 prime young harps. < as lemmas |
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