Meaning

2 senses
  1. Any of various seals which have coarse hair rather than fur

  2. Any of various seals which have coarse hair rather than fur

    Especially the true seals or earless seals of family Phocidae.

More definitions
  • any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers

Forms

plural: hair seals
Singularhair seal
Pluralhair seals

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers:earless sealtrue seal

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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