northern fur seal en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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A fur seal of the species Callorhinus ursinus (formerly Arctocephalus ursinus), of the northern Pacific.
Arctocephalus ursinus. Northern Fur-Seal. Adult male grey-black; hair of the back long, black, reddish, with a subterminal band and a short grey tip; under fur short, wolly, red; the hair of the neck and front of the body longer, forming a kind of mane; lips and nose reddish; whiskers very long, strong, white, smooth, tapering to a fine point.
1859, John Edward Gray, “On the Sea-Bear of Foster, the Ursus marinus of Steller, Arctocephalus ursinus of Authors”, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, page 103:
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| northern fur-seal | alternative | lexicographic | |
| northern fur seals | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (25)
str t̕θayə (Callorhinus ursinus) · lut c'ayə (Callorhinus ursinus) · ja キタオットセイ (Callorhinus ursinus) · ru морско́й кот (Callorhinus ursinus) · de Nördlicher Seebär (Callorhinus ursinus) · ale lakuq (Callorhinus ursinus) · fr ours de mer (Callorhinus ursinus) · yur chkweges (Callorhinus ursinus) · ca os marí septentrional (Callorhinus ursinus) · ru се́верный морско́й ко́тик (Callorhinus ursinus) · tsi k'oon (Callorhinus ursinus) · hu északi medvefóka (Callorhinus ursinus) · yue 北海狗 (Callorhinus ursinus) · tli x̱'ún (Callorhinus ursinus) · cmn 北海狗 (Callorhinus ursinus) · pl koticzak niedźwiedziowaty (Callorhinus ursinus) · ko 북방물개 (Callorhinus ursinus) · af seebeer (Callorhinus ursinus) · es oso marino ártico (Callorhinus ursinus) · ko 바다말 (Callorhinus ursinus) · ja オットセイ (Callorhinus ursinus) · cmn 北方海狗 (Callorhinus ursinus) · fi pohjanmerikarhu (Callorhinus ursinus) · yue 北方海狗 (Callorhinus ursinus) · it callorino dell'Alaska (Callorhinus ursinus)