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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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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
That's the rule followed by the Canadian government, which this year authorized the killing of a quarter-million harp seals, whose burgeoning population could be having an effect on depleted stocks of Atlantic cod, their favorite food.
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