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harp seals

harp seals is the plural of harp seal.

Meaning of harp seal

Noun

harp seal (plural harp seals)

  1. One of species Pagophilus groenlandicus, a true seal (or earless seal) found in the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and adjacent parts of the Arctic Ocean.
    • Some people say that harp seals eat too many cod, but humans are the ones who collapsed the Atlantic cod fishery to begin with.
    Synonyms:
    saddleback seal, Phoca groenlandica

Questions about harp seals

What is harp seals the plural of?
Harp seals is the plural of harp seal.

Words near harp seals in the dictionary

  1. harp of David
  2. harp on
  3. harp on one string
  4. harp on the same string
  5. harp seal
  6. harp seals
  7. harp shackle
  8. harp shackles
  9. harp shell
  10. harp shells
  11. harp snail

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