harp seal

English

Whitecoated pup

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Etymology

So called because it has black harp- or wishbone-shaped markings on its back.

Noun

harp seal (plural harp seals)

  1. A species (Phoca groenlandicus) of true seal (or earless seal) found in the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and adjacent parts of the Arctic Ocean.

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