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Definition of Cystophora cristata
1. Noun. Medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac on the head; of Arctic and northern Atlantic waters.
Generic synonyms: Earless Seal, Hair Seal, True Seal
Group relationships: Cystophora, Genus Cystophora
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cystophora Cristata
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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