Definition of harp seal in US English:
harp seal
nounˈhɑrp ˌsi(ə)lˈhärp ˌsē(ə)l
A slender North Atlantic seal that typically has a dark harp-shaped mark on its gray back.
Pagophilus groenlandicus, family Phocidae
Example sentencesExamples
- In two days up to 200 fishing boats hunt harp seals found on the pack ice north of Fogo Island and off the coast of Labrador.
- These on-shore sightings may represent part of a general southward shift in the winter habitat of the harp seal noted in the early to mid 1990s in the open waters off Newfoundland and Labrador.
- The curious bearded seal and harp seal birth their pups nearby ice floes or merely bask in the warmth of the midnight sun.
- The harp seal and the minke whale together consume about the same amount of biomass as the Norwegian fishermen land, i.e. about 3 million tonnes.
- Smith and his colleagues are currently in Charlottetown, watch-dogging the commercial hunt for baby harp seals.