harp seal

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɑɹp.siːl/, /ˈhɑːp.siːl/

Noun

harp seal (plural harp seals)

One of species Pagophilus groenlandicus, a true seal (or earless seal) found in the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and adjacent parts of the Arctic Ocean.

Synonyms

(Pagophilus groenlandicus): saddleback seal, Phoca groenlandica

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

bedlamer

Translations

a species of seal

Bulgarian: гренландски тюлен m (grenlandski tjulen)
Catalan: foca de Groenlàndia (ca) f
Czech: tuleň grónský (cs) m
Dutch: zadelrob (nl) m
Faroese: grønlandskópur m
Finnish: grönlanninhylje (fi)
French: phoque du Groenland (fr) m
Georgian: გრენლანდიური სელაპი (grenlandiuri selaṗi)
German: Sattelrobbe (de) f
Greenlandic: aataaq
Hungarian: grönlandi fóka
Icelandic: vöðuselur (is) m
Irish: rón Graonlannach m
Japanese: タテゴトアザラシ (tategoto azarashi)
Lithuanian: grenlandinis ruonis m
Norwegian: grønlandssel m
Polish: foka grenlandzka f
Portuguese: foca da Groenlândia f
Russian: гренландский тюле́нь m (grenlandskij tjulénʹ)
Slovak: tuleň grónsky (sk)
Spanish: foca pía f, foca de groenlandia f
Swedish: grönlandssäl c
Thai: แมวน้ำลายพิณ (maew náam laai pin)

Anagrams

pearl-ash, pearlash