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harbo(u)r seal 
1 a small seal, Phoca vitulina, common on the East Coast.
See also: bay seal fresh-water seal kasagea leopard seal ranger (def. 1) wandering seal
- 1832 There are apparently five or six varieties of seals that frequent the coasts of America . . . [including] the harbour seal. . . .
- 1891 The common harbor seal was there all the year round.
- 1958 Apart from the grey seal, the harbour seal is the only member of the tribe that ordinarily spends the summer in southern Canada.
2 the fur of this seal.
- 1908 There is reason to believe that other species of seals besides the harbour seal are embraced in the foregoing sales statement.
- 1933 It is an odd thing that Labrador people never have fur coats, unless they be of harbor seal which is stiff and bristly. . . .
- 1832 There are apparently five or six varieties of seals that frequent the coasts of America . . . [including] the harbour seal. . . .