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heart seal
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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— Nfld, Obs.
a large grey seal, Phocagroenlandica, so called because of the harp-shaped markings on its back.
See: harp (seal)
Quotations
1784 [Preface dated 1785]
The Newfoundland Seal hunters call it the Harp, or Heart Seal, and name the marks on the side, the saddle.