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bearded seal

• a species of seal, Erignathus barbatus, characterized by its large size and prominent beardlike bristles about the mouth.

  See also: square-flipper (seal)  

  • 1854  (1892)  Besides the Hispid seal, the only species which visited Rensselaer Harbour was . . . the large bearded seal. . . .
  • 1963  Their umiaks were made of walrus or bearded seal skins and they also had sealskin kayaks.