blueback

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

a young hood seal.

Quotations

1842

The young [hooded seals] . . . have whitish bellies and dark gray backs, which when wet have a bluish tinge, whence they are called "blue-backs".

1883

The young of this species [hood seal] have not the thick woolly coat of the harp seals, and during that season they are called "blue-backs."

2n.

a three-year-old coho.