Definition of Erignathus barbatus

1. Noun. Medium-sized greyish to yellow seal with bristles each side of muzzle; of the Arctic Ocean.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Erignathus Barbatus

Eridian
Eridu
Erie
Erie Canal
Erigeron
Erigeron acer
Erigeron annuus
Erigeron aurantiacus
Erigeron canadensis
Erigeron divergens
Erigeron glaucous
Erigeron philadelphicus
Erigeron pulchellus
Erigeron speciosus
Erignathus
Erignathus barbatus (current term)
Erigonum fasciculatum
Erik
Erik Adolf von Willebrand
Erik Alfred Leslie Satie
Erik Axel Karlfeldt
Erik Satie
Erik Weisz
Erik von Willebrand
Erika
Eriksonian
Erimanthos
Erin
Erin go bragh
Erinaceidae

Literary usage of Erignathus barbatus

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

1. Additions to the Pleistocene Mammal Faunas of South Carolina, North Carolina by Albert E. Sanders (2002)
"... Figure 28) is referable to the Bearded Seal, Erignathus barbatus (Irina Koretsky, personal communication, April 1996). The subspecies E. b. barbatus ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1898)
"Erignathus barbatus (Fabricius). Bearded seal. Phoca barbata Fabricius. Mailers Zool. Dan. Prod. Vol. viii. 1776. Low reports this seal to be rare in the ..."

3. The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions by Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1921)
"That depends on whether we count the occasional bearded seals (erignathus barbatus). These run up to 800 pounds each, and a few of them bring up the average ..."

4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1901)
"Erignathus barbatus (Fabr.)—Bearded Seal. One male specimen prepared as a skeleton was secured September 7, 1897. It measured " 88 ins. in length, ..."

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