DCHP-3

wandering seal

North
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.

Quotations

1882
In some parts of the Arctic, as at Iwillik (Repulse Bay), there is a species called "wandering seal," which in the spring are known to come upon the ice in great numbers, usually through a large crack, and move quite a distance from the open water.