ERIGNATHUS BARBATUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Medium-sized greyish to yellow seal with bristles each side of muzzle; of the Arctic Ocean

Synonyms:

bearded seal; Erignathus barbatus; squareflipper square flipper

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Erignathus barbatus" 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 ("Erignathus barbatus" is a member of...):

Erignathus; genus Erignathus (bearded seals)

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