bearded seal

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a species of seal, Erignathus barbatus, characterized by its large size and prominent beardlike bristles about the mouth.

Quotations

1854

Besides the Hispid seal, the only species which visited Rensselaer Harbour was . . . the large bearded seal. . . .

1963

Their umiaks were made of walrus or bearded seal skins and they also had sealskin kayaks.