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CYSTOPHORA CRISTATA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac on the head; of Arctic and northern Atlantic waters
Synonyms:
bladdernose; Cystophora cristata; hooded seal
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Cystophora cristata" is a kind of...):
earless seal; hair seal; true seal (any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers)
Holonyms ("Cystophora cristata" is a member of...):
Cystophora; genus Cystophora (hooded seals)
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