| 单词 | bearded seal |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbearded seal bearded seal n. a large Arctic seal, Erignathus barbatus, which has greyish-brown fur, square fore-flippers, and thick tufts of long white whiskers. Also called great seal, square flipper. ΚΠ ?1787 W. F. Mavor New Dict. Nat. Hist. II. at Seal The fur of this Seal is soft..; the whiskers are so long and thick, that the animal appears as if bearded.] 1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom V. 178 C. Barbata (Bearded or Great Seal). 1926 Brandon (Manitoba) Daily Sun 16 Jan. 12 We caught an ugruk—a great bearded seal, weighing over a thousand pounds—and there was great rejoicing on our return to the village. 2001 BBC Wildlife Sept. (Blue Planet Suppl.) 5/2 In the Gulf of St Lawrence, the famous congregations of harp and bearded seals didn't gather to mate, because the ice was too thin to support their weight. < as lemmas |
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