bay seal

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a small seal, Phoca vitulina, common on the East Coast.

Quotations

1772

I saw several bay-seals on the ice there, and shot at two. . . .

1958

I would also like to mention the bounty for the killing of the bay seals--another step in the protection of the salmon.