harp sealとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From harp +‎ seal. So called because it has black harp- or wishbone-shaped markings on its back.

発音

• IPA: /ˈhɑɹp.siːl/, /ˈhɑːp.siːl/

名詞

harp seal (plural harp seals)

1. One of species Pagophilus groenlandicus, a true seal (or earless seal) found in the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and adjacent parts of the Arctic Ocean.

   Synonyms: saddleback seal, Phoca groenlandica

   Hypernyms: true seal, earless seal, phocid < seal < pinniped < marine mammal < mammal < vertebrate < animal < organism < creature

   Hyponym: bedlamer (a young harp seal of a certain age)

   Coordinate terms: (fellow true seals) common seal, harbor seal, harbour seal, Baikal seal, bearded seal, grey seal, hooded seal, ribbon seal, ringed seal, spotted seal; (other fellow pinnipeds) eared seal, otariid, otary, sea lion, fur seal, walrus; see also Thesaurus:pinniped

   Some people say that harp seals eat too many cod, but humans are the ones who collapsed the Atlantic cod fishery to begin with.

アナグラム

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