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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bed•lam•er (bed′lə mər),USA pronunciation n. [Newfoundland.]- Canada, Mammals, British Termsa harp seal, beyond the beater stage but not yet mature.
- 1760–70; origin, originally uncertain; alleged to be a folk-etymological alteration of French bête de la mer beast of the sea, but compare Brit. dialect, dialectal bedlam wild, ill-behaved, a troublesome person or animal (developments of bedlam)
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