| 单词 | saddleback seal |
| 释义 | > as lemmassaddleback seal 6. The harp seal, Pagophilus (or Phoca) groenlandicus; spec. the adult. More fully saddleback seal. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Phocidae > genus phoca > phoca groenlandica (harp-seal) bedlamer1773 harp-seal1784 saddleback1856 saddler1873 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. ii. 22 The valued furs of the saddle-back seal. 1896 R. Lydekker Brit. Mammals 156 It is not till the third year that the males (then called ‘Saddle-backs’) assume the characteristic dark harp-shaped markings. 1925 Geogr. Jrnl. 66 463 A large part of the book is occupied with an account of the habits of the saddleback or Greenland seal. 1966 S. Ben-dor Makkovik 38 The saddleback seal..is commonly known to the sealers as a ‘bedlamer’ in its young stage and ‘harp’ in its later years. < as lemmas |
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