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PRONUNCIATION OF HAIR SEAL

hair seal play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HAIR SEAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hair seal is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HAIR SEAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hair seal in the English dictionary

The definition of hair seal in the dictionary is any earless seal, esp the harbour seal, having a coat of stiff hair with no underfur.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HAIR SEAL

hair grass
hair implant
hair lacquer
hair loss
hair of the dog
hair oil
hair removal
hair remover
hair removing cream
hair restorer
hair roller
hair salon
hair sheep
hair shirt
hair slide
hair space
hair specialist
hair stroke
hair transplant
hair trigger

WORDS THAT END LIKE HAIR SEAL

bachelor seal
broad seal
common seal
cylinder seal
eared seal
earless seal
elephant seal
fur seal
great seal
grey seal
harbour seal
harp seal
hooded seal
Hudson seal
monk seal
New Zealand fur seal
privy seal
seal
Solomon´s seal
southern fur seal
water seal

Synonyms and antonyms of hair seal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hair seal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HAIR SEAL

Find out the translation of hair seal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hair seal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hair seal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

发封
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sello pelo
570 millions of speakers

English

hair seal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाल सील
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ختم الشعر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

уплотнение волос
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

selo cabelo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চুল সীল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

joint de cheveux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Meterai rambut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Haardichtung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

髪シール
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

머리 씰
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Segel rambut
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

con dấu tóc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முடி முத்திரை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

केस मुहर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Saç mühürü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sigillo capelli
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

uszczelnienie włosów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ущільнення волосся
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sigiliu de par
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σφραγίδα μαλλιά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hare seël
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hår tätning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hår segl
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hair seal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HAIR SEAL»

The term «hair seal» is used very little and occupies the 180.980 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HAIR SEAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hair seal

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAIR SEAL»

Discover the use of hair seal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hair seal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Seal Islands of Alaska
THE HAIR-SEAL. ENUMERATION OF THE VARIOUS SPECIES OF SEALS .— The history of the fur-seal, the one overshadowing and superlatively interesting subject of this discussion, I shall present in all its multitudinous details, even at the ...
Henry W. Elliott, 2008
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The Pinnipeds: Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses
... northern sea lion Steller's sea lion Southern sea lion (Otaria byronia) South American sea lion Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea) hair seal white-necked hair seal white-capped hair seal counselor seal New Zealand sea lion ( Phocartos ...
Marianne Riedman, 1990
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Lushootseed Texts: An Introduction to Puget Salish Narrative ...
An Introduction to Puget Salish Narrative Aesthetics Crisca Bierwert. 168 So it bent itself part way back on that rock. 169 Then that certain hair seal carried on like a really true hair seal. 170 What was happening? in It bent itself part way back.
Crisca Bierwert, 1996
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Animal Rights, Human Rights: Ecology, Economy, and Ideology ...
Here the object was the 'hair' seal Phoca groenlandica, or harp seal. The distinction between hair seals, like the harp and ringed seals [Phoca hispida), and fur seals is based on the way in which their pelage is constructed (Scheffer 1958; ...
George W. Wenzel, 1991
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The Unnatural History of the Sea
Fur seal pelts were therefore highly valued, whereas hair seal pelts had poor- quality fur and were useful only as leather. Hair seal pelts were often discarded from seals slaughtered for oil; by contrast, fur seal carcasses were left to rot and only ...
Callum Roberts, 2010
6
Haida Texts and Myths
By and by he stopped getting crabs and hunted hair seal. One time he gathered them for four nights so that there were many and prepared to go away. Then she gave him the following directions: , “When you hunt, leave some for my children.
J.R. Swanton
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The North American Indian. Volume 20 - The Alaskan ...
... 76 See Animals; Hair-seal; Seal; Walrus; Whale Seafood, an Eskimo staple, 32 , 34, 113, 162 See Animals; Beluga; Clams; Crabs; Fish; Hair-seal; Mussels; Seal ; Sea-lion; Shrimp; Snails; Walrus; Whale Sea-fowl, when hunted, 47 See Birds; ...
Curtis, Edward S.
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The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries
Then theydon't breedin harems and the male hair seal does not stay on shore. A fur seal swims with his fore flippers, a true seal with his hind flippers. A fur seal stands upright on hisfore flippers,a hairseallies supine.Afur seal has a neck, a hair ...
Francis Rolt-Wheeler, 2013
9
A Grammar of Central Alaskan Yupik (CAY)
'he might be [the one who is] hair seal-hunting (while other people doing something else)' 11. 'he might be hair seal-hunting [hair seal out of different species of seals]' nayir-cur-ngat-uq hair.seal-hunt-maybe-IND.3sg. 'he might be hair ...
Osahito Miyaoka, 2012
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The North American Indian. Volume 11 - The Nootka. The ...
The first one's name was TsSfso- tatlme, and his rival, the other chief, was Tseihsot; and he was a hair-seal spearer, and also the other chief was a hair-seal spearer. One day in a feast that was given by Tseihsot, for he gave a feast of one  ...
Curtis, Edward S.

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAIR SEAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hair seal is used in the context of the following news items.
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Wilhelm: Bixler Furs faced demise in changing times
During our discussion, Hultgren also produced pelts listed as black dyed sheared rabbit, Persian lamb, black mink, “hair seal” and even ... «Fremont News Messenger, Apr 15»
2
Edible heirlooms: New cookbook collects traditional Aleut recipes
“I also really liked Mary Bourdukofsky's story about why St. Paul people don't eat hair seal,” she added. Others contributed insights into values ... «Alaska Dispatch, Oct 14»
3
Animal bounties belong in Alaska's dark ages
Fishermen began lobbying to pass a hair seal bounty in 1925, when a government study concluded that the diet of hair seals, which lived near ... «Homer Tribune, Mar 13»
4
Salmon bake, canoe races wrap Makah Days festival
... tale of an epic battle involving culture, and children's author Melissa Peterson-Renault will present her story Raven, Crow and the Hair Seal. «Peninsula Daily, Aug 12»
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WEEKEND: Makah to celebrate heritage in annual festival
... tale of an epic battle involving culture, and children's author Melissa Peterson-Renault will present her story Raven, Crow and the Hair Seal. «Peninsula Daily, Aug 12»
6
How BC Killed All the Sharks
... patrols"; "Sea lions destroyed by Departmental personnel numbered 34"; and "Hair seal noses submitted for bounty numbered only 20. «TheTyee.ca, Dec 06»

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