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hooded seal
noun
a large seal, Cystophora cristata, the male of which has a large, distensible, hoodlike sac on the head.
hooded seal
noun
Also called: bladdernose.a large greyish earless seal, Cystophora cristata, of the N Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, having an inflatable hoodlike sac over the nasal region
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hooded seal1
Example Sentences
Not surprisingly, hooded seal milk is more than 60 percent fat — the fattiest milk among mammals.
Polar bears in east Greenland, for example, have increased their PCB intake by switching from hunting ring seals to hooded seals, which have higher PCB concentrations in their bodies.
But most of the bones are marine: scraps of whale bone, jaw and skull fragments of harp seals, a bit of inner ear of a hooded seal.
Arctic harp seals and hooded seals come to Maine’s waters in the winter.
Camels, hooded seals, and gibbons are among animals that inflate to find mates or defend against predators.
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