ring(ed) seal

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a seal, Phoca hispida, characterized by ringlike white spots on the body, found in northern regions.

Quotations

1880

. . . it appears not to advance as far northward as the "Ringed Seal". . . .

1937

After the business of getting this one out, another ringed seal about one hundred pounds, we felt it was time for a cup of hot tea. . . .

1964

They still knew how . . . to draw the victim on to the surface of the ice, if it was a common ring seal. . . .