Definition of Erignathus

1. Noun. Bearded seals.

Exact synonyms: Genus Erignathus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Phocidae, Phocidae
Member holonyms: Bearded Seal, Erignathus Barbatus, Squareflipper Square Flipper

Lexicographical Neighbors of Erignathus

Eridanus
Eridian
Eridu
Erie
Erie Canal
Erigeron
Erigeron acer
Erigeron annuus
Erigeron aurantiacus
Erigeron canadensis
Erigeron divergens
Erigeron glaucous
Erigeron philadelphicus
Erigeron pulchellus
Erigeron speciosus
Erignathus (current term)
Erignathus barbatus
Erigonum fasciculatum
Erik
Erik Adolf von Willebrand
Erik Alfred Leslie Satie
Erik Axel Karlfeldt
Erik Satie
Erik Weisz
Erik von Willebrand
Erika
Eriksonian
Erimanthos
Erin
Erin go bragh

Literary usage of Erignathus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Additions to the Pleistocene Mammal Faunas of South Carolina, North Carolina by Albert E. Sanders (2002)
"... Figure 28) is referable to the Bearded Seal, Erignathus barbatus (Irina Koretsky, personal communication, April 1996). The subspecies E. b. barbatus ..."

2. A Synopsis of the Mammals of North America and Adjacent Seas by Daniel Giraud Elliot (1901)
"Erignathus. Gill, Proc. Essex Inst., 1865, p. 5. ... Facial portion of skull narrow, lengthened; interorbital constriction considerable. A. Erignathus. ..."

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