WordNet
n. medium-sized grayish to yellow seal with bristles each side of muzzle; of Arctic Ocean [syn: squareflipper square flipper, Erignathus barbatus]
Wikipedia
The bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus), also called the square flipper seal, is a medium-sized pinniped that is found in and near to the Arctic Ocean. It gets its generic name from two Greek words (eri and gnathos) that refer to its heavy jaw. The other part of its Linnaean name means bearded and refers to its most characteristic feature, the conspicuous and very abundant whiskers. When dry, these whiskers curl very elegantly, giving the bearded seal a "raffish" look.
Fossils first described in 2002 indicated that, during the Pleistocene epoch, bearded seals ranged as far south as South Carolina.
Usage examples of "bearded seal".
The boots and mittens were made of skin from the reindeer's forelegs, because that is extra tough, and the boots were soled with the skin of the bearded seal, which is as tough as walrus hide, but lighter.
The next morning he made what amends he could to Joe, offering the heap of little disks he found in the stomach of a bearded seal.