harp seal

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One of species Pagophilus groenlandicus, a true seal (or earless seal) found in the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and adjacent parts of the Arctic Ocean.
    — Some people say that harp seals eat too many cod, but humans are the ones who collapsed the Atlantic cod fishery to begin with.

词形变化

harp seals plural

词源

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