harp seal
English
Etymology
So called because it has black harp- or wishbone-shaped markings on its back.
Noun
harp seal (plural harp seals)
- A species (Phoca groenlandicus) of true seal (or earless seal) found in the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and adjacent parts of the Arctic Ocean.
Translations
a species of seal
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