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fresh-water seal 
n. a small seal, Phoca vitulina, common on the East Coast.
See also: harbo(u)r seal
- 1828 (1963) [Saw two or three seals. N. B. These are fresh water seals and their skins of fine quality. . . .]
- 1922 "And here . . . is where he caught the rare fresh-water seal and made his salmon kills. 'Tis a lake, sir," said Miller. . . .
- 1939 Here [Lower Seal Lake] the Indians said that we might find the freshwater seal, the main objective of our inland trip.
- 1828 (1963) [Saw two or three seals. N. B. These are fresh water seals and their skins of fine quality. . . .]