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hair seal † 

• one of several seals, such as the harbor seal, whose coat lacks underfur and is of little commercial value.

  See also: harbo(u)r seal  

  • 1872  . . . these are the hair seals. . . .
  • 1929  The framework [of a kayak] is made entirely by the men, who leave the covering to their women-folk, and, as the green hides of the hair seal have to be sewn on before drying. . . .
  • 1964  [Caption] Bergliot Solberg of Sechelt with a small 75-pound hair seal she shot in Sechelt Inlet. The hair seals are not so numerous in the inlet as formerly.