| 单词 | river seal |
| 释义 | > as lemmasriver seal river seal n. (a) a seal which is sometimes found in rivers; spec. (North American) the common seal, Phoca vitulina; (b) (in South America) a river otter. ΚΠ 1850 D. Millar Tay v. 377 At this distance the river seals begin to get rife, and give great annoyance to salmon fishers. 1880 J. A. Allen Hist. N. Amer. Pinnipeds 562 Phoca (Phoca) vitulina, Linné... Seal; Common Seal; Harbor Seal; River Seal; Bay Seal;..English authors and English local names. 1883 E. F. Knight Cruise of ‘Falcon’ II. viii. 111 On the way we shot a lobo (river seal), and picked up a derelict Indian canoe. 1922 F. W. Up de Graff Head Hunters of Amazon xiii. 151 They have a clever way of handling their canoes when out spearing river-seals. 2004 F. Mowat No Man's River xxiii. 297 Using a page from my notebook I sketched a river seal and asked for its Inuit name. < as lemmas |
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