HARBOR SEAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does harbor seal mean? 

• HARBOR SEAL (noun)
  The noun HARBOR SEAL has 1 sense:

1. small spotted seal of coastal waters of the northern hemisphere

  Familiarity information: HARBOR SEAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HARBOR SEAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small spotted seal of coastal waters of the northern hemisphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

common seal; harbor seal; Phoca vitulina

Hypernyms ("harbor seal" is a kind of...):

earless seal; hair seal; true seal (any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers)

Holonyms ("harbor seal" is a member of...):

genus Phoca; Phoca (type genus of the Phocidae: earless seals)