seal \seal\ s=el, n. oe. sele, as. seolh; akin to ohg.
   selah, dan. sael, sw. sjauml, icel. selr. zool.
   any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families phocidae and
   otariidae.
   1913 webster

   note: seals inhabit seacoasts, and are found principally in
         the higher latitudes of both hemispheres. there are
         numerous species, bearing such popular names as sea
         lion, sea leopard, sea bear, or ursine seal,
         fur seal, and sea elephant. the bearded seal
         erignathus barbatus, the hooded seal cystophora
         cristata, and the ringed seal phoca foetida, are
         northern species. see also eared seal, harp seal,
         monk seal, and fur seal, under eared, harp,
         monk, and fur. seals are much hunted for their
         skins and fur, and also for their oil, which in some
         species is very abundant.
         1913 webster

   harbor seal zool., the common seal phoca vitulina. it
      inhabits both the north atlantic and the north pacific
      ocean, and often ascends rivers; -- called also marbled
      seal, native seal, river seal, bay seal, land
      seal, sea calf, sea cat, sea dog, dotard,
      ranger, selchie, tangfish.
      1913 webster
see also:
phocidae otariidae sea lion sea leopard sea bear ursine seal 
fur seal sea elephant erignathus barbatus cystophora cristata phoca foetida 
eared seal harp seal monk seal fur seal eared 
harp monk fur harbor seal phoca vitulina 
marbled seal native seal river seal bay seal land seal 
sea calf sea cat sea dog dotard ranger 
selchie tangfish 

hooded \hood"ed\, a.
   1. covered with a hood.
      1913 webster

   2. furnished with a hood or something like a hood.
      1913 webster

   3. hood-shaped; esp. bot., rolled up like a cornet of
      paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the indian turnip.
      1913 webster

   4. zool.
      a having the head conspicuously different in color from
          the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.
      b having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or
          neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake.
          1913 webster

   hooded crow, a european crow corvus cornix; -- called
      also hoody, dun crow, and royston crow.

   hooded gull, the european black-headed pewit or gull.

   hooded merganser. see merganser.

   hooded seal, a large north atlantic seal cystophora
      cristata. the male has a large, inflatible, hoodlike sac
      upon the head. called also hoodcap.

   hooded sheldrake, the hooded merganser. see merganser.

   hooded snake. see cobra de capello, asp, haje, etc.
      

   hooded warbler, a small american warbler sylvania
      mitrata.
      1913 webster
see also:
hooded crow hoody dun crow royston crow hooded gull hooded merganser 
merganser hooded seal cystophora cristata hoodcap hooded sheldrake 
hooded snake cobra de capello asp haje hooded warbler 
sylvania mitrata 

bladdernose \blad"dernose\ n.
   a medium-sized blackish-gray seal cystophora cristata
   with a large inflatable sac on the head; of arctic-atlantic
   waters.

   syn: hooded seal.
        wordnet 1.5
see also:
cystophora cristata 

cystophora cristata
     n : medium-sized blackish-gray seal with large inflatable sac on
         the head; of arctic and northern atlantic waters syn: hooded
         seal, bladdernose
see also:
hooded seal bladdernose