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Definition of Bearded seal
1. Noun. Medium-sized greyish to yellow seal with bristles each side of muzzle; of the Arctic Ocean.
Generic synonyms: Earless Seal, Hair Seal, True Seal
Group relationships: Erignathus, Genus Erignathus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bearded Seal
Literary usage of Bearded seal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fur Seal Arbitration: Proceedings of the Tribunal of Arbitration, Convened by Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration (1895)
"... and somewhat resembles, the harp- seal. It is not numerous aud has never had
any commercial importance. II.—Genua ERIGNATHUS Gill. 7. bearded seal ..."
2. Arctic Experiences: Containing Capt. George E. Tyson's Wonderful Drift on by Euphemia Vale Blake (1874)
"Pack-ice in Smith Sound.—The Oil-boiler.—The bearded Seal.—Preparations for
spending another Winter in the North.—A south-westerly Gale. "MR. ..."
3. British Mammals: An Attempt to Describe and Illustrate the Mammalian Fauna by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1903)
"THE bearded seal This is a large Phocine, almost the largest member of the ...
Some of these fall out in the adult, and the bearded seal is evidently on its ..."
4. The Outline of Science: A Plain Story Simply Told by John Arthur Thomson (1922)
"When the young one is lying exposed on the ice there may be protective value, or.
more probably, physiological comfort, in being white. The bearded seal is ..."
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