Phrase guide

bearded seal

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɪədɪd siːl/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɪədəd siːl/
  • General-American: /ˈbɪɹdəd siːl/
  • General-American: /ˈbiɚdəd siːl/

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any member of species Erignathus barbatus of earless seals with conspicuous whiskers, found in and around the Arctic Ocean.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: oogruk, ugruk, ugrug, ursuk, squareflipper

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: true seal, earless seal, phocid, seal, pinniped, marine mammal, mammal, vertebrate, animal, organism

2

noun

Meaning 2

medium-sized greyish to yellow seal with bristles each side of muzzle; of the Arctic Ocean

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: squareflipper square flipper, Erignathus barbatus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: earless seal, true seal, hair seal

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: saqqallı suiti — Erignathus barbatus
  • Catalan: foca barbuda — Erignathus barbatus
  • Chukchi: унъэԓ (unʺėḷ) — Erignathus barbatus
  • Danish: remmesæl — Erignathus barbatus
  • Finnish: partahylje — Erignathus barbatus
  • French: phoque barbu — Erignathus barbatus
  • Greenlandic: ussuk — Erignathus barbatus
  • Hungarian: szakállas fóka — Erignathus barbatus
  • Polish: fokowąs brodaty — Erignathus barbatus
  • Polish: foka wąsata — Erignathus barbatus
  • Polish: foka brodata — Erignathus barbatus
  • Russian: морско́й за́яц (morskój zájac) — Erignathus barbatus
  • Russian: лахта́к (laxták) — Erignathus barbatus
  • Spanish: foca barbuda — Erignathus barbatus
  • Swedish: storsäl — Erignathus barbatus
  • Turkish: sakallı fok — Erignathus barbatus