Found 2 hits - Term: harp seal, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
harp \harp\ haumrp, n. oe. harpe, as. hearpe; akin to d.
harp, g. harfe, ohg. harpha, dan. harpe, icel. sw. harpa.
1. a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame
furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held
upright, and played with the fingers.
1913 webster
2. astron. a constellation; lyra, or the lyre.
1913 webster
3. a grain sieve. scot.
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aeolian harp. see under aeolian.
1913 webster
harp seal zool., an arctic seal phoca groenlandica.
the adult males have a light-colored body, with a
harp-shaped mark of black on each side, and the face and
throat black. called also saddler, and saddleback. the
immature ones are called bluesides; their fur is white,
and they are killed and skinned to harvest the fur.
harp shell zool., a beautiful marine gastropod shell of
the genus harpa, of several species, found in tropical
seas. see harpa.
1913 webster
see also:
aeolian harp aeolian harp seal phoca groenlandica saddler saddleback
bluesides harp shell harpa
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
harp seal
n : common arctic seal; the young are all white syn: pagophilus
groenlandicus
see also:
pagophilus groenlandicus
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Harp Seal, definition of term: Harp Seal
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Harp, definition of term: Harp
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Harbor Seal, definition of term: Harbor Seal
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Great Seal, definition of term: Great Seal
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Elephant Seal, definition of term: Elephant Seal
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Golden Seal, definition of term: Golden Seal
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