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hooded seal
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hooded seal
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A seal (Cystophora cristata) of northern seas, having a grayish, spotted coat and an inflatable hoodlike or bladderlike pouch in the region of the nose. Also called bladdernose.
hooded seal
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large greyish earless seal, Cystophora cristata, of the N Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, having an inflatable hoodlike sac over the nasal region Also called bladdernose
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Noun1.hooded seal - medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac on the headhooded seal - medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac on the head; of Arctic and northern Atlantic waters
bladdernose, Cystophora cristata
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
Cystophora, genus Cystophora - hooded seals
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