Definition of Eared seal

1. Noun. Pinniped mammal having external ear flaps and hind limbs used for locomotion on land; valued for its soft underfur.

Generic synonyms: Seal
Group relationships: Family Otariidae, Otariidae
Specialized synonyms: Fur Seal, Fur Seal, Sea Lion

Definition of Eared seal

1. Noun. A seal belonging in the Otariidae family; a fur seal or a sea lion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eared Seal

earcon
earcons
earcup
earcups
eard
earded
earding
eardrop
eardrops
eardrum
eardrums
eards
eare
eared
eared grebe
eared seal (current term)
eared seals
earedness
eares
earflap
earflaps
earful
earfuls
eargasm
eargasmic
eargasms
earhole
earholes
earing
earings

Literary usage of Eared seal

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

1. The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by John Timbs (1860)
"eared seal. DR. GRAY lias read to the Zoological Society a paper "On the Eared Seal of ... At the previous meeting he gave an account of the eared seal from ..."

2. Catalogue of Seals and Whales in the British Museum by John Edward Gray (1871)
"Pennant, in his ' Quadrupeds,' describes an eared seal, rather more than 2 feet long, the whole body of which was covered with longish hair of a whitish or ..."

3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1827)
"The result of all the observations of navigators in the Pacific Ocean appears to be, that they have seen a Red eared seal and a Brown eared seal, ..."

4. Natural History: A Manual of Zoology for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1872)
"Steller's Sea Lion, E. Stelleri, Peters, of the Pacific, is an eared seal twelve or thirteen feet long, and attains a weight of eighteen hundred pounds. ..."

5. List of the Osteological Specimens in the Collection of the British Museum by British Museum (Natural History), John Edward Gray, Dept. of Zoology, George Robert Gray (1847)
"The AUSTRALIAN eared seal. Arctocephalus lobatus. * Teeth, adult. Houtman's Abrolhos, Australia From Mr. Gould's collection. The specimen figured in the ..."

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