Definition of Cystophora cristata

1. Noun. Medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac on the head; of Arctic and northern Atlantic waters.

Exact synonyms: Bladdernose, Hooded Seal
Generic synonyms: Earless Seal, Hair Seal, True Seal
Group relationships: Cystophora, Genus Cystophora

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cystophora Cristata

Cyrtomium aculeatum
Cyrus
Cyrus Hall McCormick
Cyrus II
Cyrus McCormick
Cyrus the Elder
Cyrus the Great
Cyrus the Younger
Cys
Cysticercus bovis
Cysticercus cellulosae
Cysticercus fasciolaris
Cysticercus pisiformis
Cysticercus tenuicollis
Cystophora
Cystophora cristata (current term)
Cystopteris
Cystopteris bulbifera
Cystopteris fragilis
Cystopteris montana
Cyt
Cytauxzoon
Cytauxzoon felis
Cytesis proliferus
Cytherea
Cytherean
Cytisus
Cytisus albus
Cytisus multiflorus
Cytisus ramentaceus

Literary usage of Cystophora cristata

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by John Anderson, William Lutley Sclater, Indian Museum (1891)
"Cystophora cristata. Phoca cristata, Erxleben Syst. Reg. Anim., p. 590 (1777). Cystophora borealis, Nilsson Skand. Faun., p. 383 (1820)*. ..."

2. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"The olfactory chambers extend backward exterior to the rhinen- cephalic fossa. In the Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata), the thin basioccipital shows a ..."

3. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"... are less prominent than in the Cystophora cristata. Traces of the suture between the basisphenoid and the basioccipital and between the ..."

4. Materials for the study of variation treated with especial regard to by William Bateson (1894)
"Cystophora cristata : internal to and slightly in front of />• on each side in the ... Cystophora cristata (label, Phoca cristata): internal to right it an ..."

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