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harp seal

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harp seal
n.
An earless seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans whose pups are hunted for their fine white fur.
[From the shape of the markings on its shoulders and sides.]
harp seal
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a brownish-grey earless seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus, of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans
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Noun1.harp sealharp seal - common Arctic seal; the young are all white
Pagophilus groenlandicus
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
genus Pagophilus, Pagophilus - harp seals


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Baby Seal by author Aubrey Lang and photographer Wayne Lynch is the story of a baby harp seal who is born on the frozen Arctic Ocean, cared for by a loving mother, but who in just twelve short days, will be left alone with no one to feed or protect her.
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In the past, migrating Arctic seal species, such as harp seals from Greenland, have been suspected as carriers that introduced a morbillivirus into an immunologically naive population (15).
Phocine distemper in German seals, 2002 by Baumgartner, Wolfgang / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Eleven of the samples matched harp seal DNA, and another was probably a hooded seal.
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