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northern fur seal

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A fur seal of the species Callorhinus ursinus (formerly Arctocephalus ursinus), of the northern Pacific.

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25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: seebeer — Callorhinus ursinus
  • Aleut: lakuq — Callorhinus ursinus
  • Catalan: os marí septentrional — Callorhinus ursinus
  • Chinese Cantonese: 北海狗 (bak1 hoi2 gau2) — Callorhinus ursinus
  • Chinese Cantonese: 北方海狗 (bak1 fong1 hoi2 gau2) — Callorhinus ursinus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 北海狗 (běihǎigǒu) — Callorhinus ursinus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 北方海狗 (běifāng hǎigǒu) — Callorhinus ursinus
  • Finnish: pohjanmerikarhu — Callorhinus ursinus
  • French: ours de mer — Callorhinus ursinus
  • German: Nördlicher Seebär — Callorhinus ursinus
  • Hungarian: északi medvefóka — Callorhinus ursinus
  • Italian: callorino dell'Alaska — Callorhinus ursinus
  • Japanese: キタオットセイ (kitaottosei) — Callorhinus ursinus
  • Japanese: オットセイ (ottosei) — Callorhinus ursinus
  • Korean: 바다말 (badamal) — Callorhinus ursinus
  • Korean: 북방물개 (bukbangmulgae) — Callorhinus ursinus
  • Lushootseed: c'ayə — Callorhinus ursinus
  • Polish: koticzak niedźwiedziowaty — Callorhinus ursinus
  • Russian: се́верный морско́й ко́тик (sévernyj morskój kótik) — Callorhinus ursinus
  • Russian: морско́й кот (morskój kot) — Callorhinus ursinus
  • Saanich: t̕θayə — Callorhinus ursinus
  • Spanish: oso marino ártico — Callorhinus ursinus
  • Tlingit: x̱'ún — Callorhinus ursinus
  • Tsimshian: k'oon — Callorhinus ursinus
  • Yurok: chkweges — Callorhinus ursinus