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noun
A hooded seal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: true seal, earless seal, phocid, seal, pinniped, marine mammal, mammal, vertebrate, animal, organism
noun
Any female seal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: seal, pinniped, marine mammal, mammal, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature
History
Borrowed from Dutch klapmuts (“hooded seal, hat with ear-flaps”).
