harbor seal

noun

: a small hair seal (Phoca vitulina) of oceanic coasts in the northern hemisphere that often ascends rivers

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Just a few weeks after longtime Milwaukee County Zoo resident and visitor favorite Patti, the 55-year-old hippo, died, the zoo has announced the death of another longtime resident: Ringo, a harbor seal who was estimated to be 46 years old. —

Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024 The tourists, who were traveling from Anacortes, Washington, were tracking Zillion during her feeding time in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and saw the mammal nearly swallow up a harbor seal that found itself between her razor sharp teeth. —

Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 18 Sep. 2024 Virus found in at least 88 mammals in the U.S. , including harbor seals, red foxes, skunks and a bottlenose dolphin. —

Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 15 June 2024 Unlike harbor seals, which have occupied La Jolla’s Children’s Pool Beach since the 1990s, the sea lions are a newer phenomenon. —

Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for harbor seal