Bearded seal
a large gray-to-golden seal, erignathus barbatus, inhabiting the arctic ocean and adjacent waters, having square foreflippers and a thick mustache of long bristles on each side of the muzzle.
historical examples
many deer had been seen not far from the ship, and hobson had shot a bearded seal.
in the arctic seas francis leopold mcclintock
the bearded seal (p. barbata) is from seven to ten feet long.
the desert world arthur mangin
the harpoon-line is made of the hide either of the bearded seal (phoca barbata) or of the young walrus.
eskimo life fridtjof nansen
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