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northern fur seals

northern fur seals is the plural of northern fur seal.

Meaning of northern fur seal

Noun

northern fur seal (plural northern fur seals)

  1. 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...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

Questions about northern fur seals

What is northern fur seals the plural of?
Northern fur seals is the plural of northern fur seal.

Words near northern fur seals in the dictionary

  1. northern flicker
  2. northern flickers
  3. northern fulmar
  4. northern fulmars
  5. northern fur seal
  6. northern fur seals
  7. northern fur-seal
  8. northern fur-seals
  9. northern gannet
  10. northern gannets
  11. northern giant hornet

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