harp seal
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Tweet n. A seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus syn. Phoca groenlandica) of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans that is commercially hunted, primarily for its pelt. [From the shape of the markings on its shoulders and sides.] |
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