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hood seal 
a large seal of the North Atlantic, Cystophora cristata. Also hooded seal.
See also: crested seal dog-hood hood
- 1784 Our Seal-hunters name it the Hooded Seal, and pretend they cannot kill it till they remove that integument.
- 1883 (1889) The old male harps appear to be indifferent about their young. The male hood seal, on the other hand assists his mate in her maternal guardianship. . . .
- 1966 Last year I surveyed the hood seals and discovered that only a few hundred were still alive; this magnificent animal had been hunted to the brink of extinction.
- 1784 Our Seal-hunters name it the Hooded Seal, and pretend they cannot kill it till they remove that integument.