| 单词 | ribbon seal |
| 释义 | > as lemmasribbon seal ribbon seal n. a small seal, Histriophoca (or Phoca) fasciata (family Phocidae), which is dark brown with several prominent whitish bands and occurs locally in subarctic areas of the North Pacific. [In quot. 1781 showing ruban n.] Π 1781 T. Pennant Hist. Quadrupeds II. 523 Rubbon Seal..Marked..with a stripe of a pale yellow color, exactly resembling a rubbon laid on it by art.] 1800 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. I. ii. 257 Ribbon Seal... This species..is a native of the seas about the Kurile islands. 1881–2 G. B. Goode Rev. Fishery Industries U.S. 67 Almost nothing appears to have been yet recorded respecting the habits of the Ribbon Seal. 1964 W. H. Burt Field Guide Mammals (ed. 2) 91 Ribbon Seal..This small, brown seal has bands of yellowish white around neck, around front flipper, and around rump. 1986 B. Lopez Arctic Dreams vi. 241 The ice life of the ribbon seal is known, but not its pelagic life. < as lemmas |
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