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leopard seal
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a small seal, Phoca vitulina, common on the East Coast.
See: harbo(u)r seal
Quotations
1958
The dark markings are responsible for another name often applied to him--"leopard seal." To most fishermen he is known as the "bay seal," but in Newfoundland he bears the unusual name "ranger."