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PRONUNCIATION OF HARBOUR SEAL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HARBOUR SEAL

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Harbour seal is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HARBOUR SEAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

harbour seal

Harbor seal

The harbor seal, also known as the common seal, is a true seal found along temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the Northern Hemisphere. The most widely distributed species of pinniped, they are found in coastal waters of the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the Baltic and North Seas. Harbor seals are brown, tan, or gray, with distinctive V-shaped nostrils. An adult can attain a length of 1.85 meters and a mass of 132 kilograms. Blubber under the seal's skin helps to maintain body temperature. Females outlive males. Harbor seals stick to familiar resting spots or haulout sites, generally rocky areas where they are protected from adverse weather conditions and predation, near a foraging area. Males may fight over mates underwater and on land. Females bear a single pup after a nine month gestation, which they care for alone. Pups can weigh up to 16 kg and are able to swim and dive within hours of birth. They develop quickly on their mothers' fat-rich milk and are weaned after four to six weeks. The global population of harbor seals is 5–6 million, but subspecies in certain habitats are threatened.

Definition of harbour seal in the English dictionary

The definition of harbour seal in the dictionary is a common earless seal, Phoca vitulina, that is greyish-black with paler markings: found off the coasts of North America, N Europe, and NE Asia.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HARBOUR SEAL

harbinger
harborage
harborer
harborful
harborless
harbormaster
harborous
harborside
harbour
harbour dues
harbour master
harbour station
harbourage
harbourer
harbourless
hard
hard and fast
hard as nails
hard at it
hard bop

WORDS THAT END LIKE HARBOUR SEAL

bachelor seal
broad seal
common seal
cylinder seal
eared seal
earless seal
elephant seal
fur seal
great seal
grey seal
hair 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 harbour seal in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «harbour seal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HARBOUR SEAL

Find out the translation of harbour seal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of harbour 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 «harbour seal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

斑海豹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

foca
570 millions of speakers

English

harbour seal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बंदरगाह मुहर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ميناء الختم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гавань печать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

selo de porto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আশ্রয় সীল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Seal Harbor
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pelabuhan meterai
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Seehund
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ゴマフアザラシ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

항구 인감
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pelabuhan segara
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

con dấu bến cảng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துறைமுகம் முத்திரை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हार्बर सील
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Liman mührü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

porto sigillo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

seal Harbor
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гавань друк
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

port sigiliu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λιμάνι σφραγίδα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hawe seël
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

knubbsäl
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

steinkobbe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of harbour seal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HARBOUR SEAL»

The term «harbour seal» is normally little used and occupies the 130.899 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HARBOUR SEAL» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HARBOUR SEAL»

Discover the use of harbour seal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to harbour seal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals
The growth of two species of harbour seal in adjacent waters of Hokkaido. Sci. Rep. Whales Res. Inst. 24, 127-144. O'Corry-Crowe, G. M., and Westlake, R. L. ( 1997). Molecular investigations of spotted seals (Phoca largha) and harbor seals  ...
William F. Perrin, Bernd Wursig, J. G.M. Thewissen, 2009
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Marine Mammals: Shared Nordic Marine Stocks
3.2 Harbour Seal in the North Atlantic Ocean Characteristics: Harbour seal in the North Atlantic Ocean occurs in the jurisdictions, i.e. Exclusive Economical Zones or Fishery Zones, of the following countries: Canada (and USA) and West ...
‎1994
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Chiral Environmental Pollutants: Trace Analysis and ...
NIST 0.98 0.99 [41] Harbour seal (German Bight) blubber 4.47 - [40] (Phoca vitulina L.) spinal marrow 19.9 - Harbour seal (German Bight) blubber 1.54 - [40] ( Phoca vitulina L.) brain 16.3 - Harbour seal (German Bight) blubber 2.83 - [40] ...
R. Kallenborn, H. Hühnerfuss, 2001
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Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin
5.9.4 Harbour Porpoise and Harbour Seal According to subfossil and archaeo- osteological evidence, the harbour seal has probably never belonged to the northern Baltic seal fauna (Lõugas 1997; Ukkonen 2002). The northernmost ...
BACC Author Team, 2008
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Bilan de Santé de la Mer Du Nord 1993
Seals Two seal species breed along the coasts of the North Sea: the common or harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) and the grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) (Figure 4T2 ). Occasionally, stray ringed seals (Phoca hispida) and harp seals (Phoca ...
‎1993
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Mammals in the Seas: Report
Introduction Biological studies on the harbour seal are needed in relation to human economic activities such as fishing and sealing. Furthermore, in recent years interest in the taxonomy and population study of the harbour seal in the North ...
‎1982
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Whales, Seals, Fish and Man
Froan. References 1. Bigg MA. Harbour seal Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758 and Phoca largha Pallas, 1811. In: Ridgway SH, Harrison RJ (eds) Handbook of Marine Mammals, Vol 2: Seals. London: Academic Press, 1981;1-27. 2. Stewart BS.
A. Schytte Blix, L. Walløe, Ø. Ulltang, 1995
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Ancient Harp Seal Hunters of Disko Bay
The harbour seal The harbour seal is quite scarce and rarely seen. It has a few historically known breeding localities in Disko Bay, one on a small island in Ikerasak close to Tor- sukattak (Winge 19o2:429) and probably one on small skerries ...
Morten Meldgaard, 2004
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Fur Seals and Sea Lions
... ringed seal Baltic ringed seal Lake Ladoga ringed seal Lake Saimaa ringer seal Baikal seal Caspian seal Largha seal East Atlantic harbour seal West Atlantic harbour seal East Pacific harbour seal Kuril harbour seal Seal Lake harbour seal ...
Roger Kirkwood, Simon Goldsworthy, 2013
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Environmental science: understanding, protecting and ...
The harbour seal inhabits only the southernmost parts of the Baltic Sea were the estimated number is 200 individuals. There are at least three populations of harbour seals, at Maklappen, at Kalmar Sound, and a small group at the southern  ...
Lars Rydén, Pawel Migula, Magnus Andersson, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HARBOUR SEAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term harbour seal is used in the context of the following news items.
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'I can seal clearly now': Successful cataract removal gives Hong …
A 21-year-old harbour seal has had her sight partially restored, after vets at Ocean Park performed the city's first cataract surgery on a marine ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
2
Seal pup celebrates first birthday at Deep Sea World
Cody the harbour seal was born at North Queensferry attraction's sister Blue Reef Aquarium in Tynemouth last July. To mark the special ... «Dunfermline Press, Jul 15»
3
Seal-eating transient killer whales increasingly common in Salish Sea
During 1879-1914 and 1962-1968, harbour seal populations in B.C. were depleted during commercial harvests for their pelts, according to the ... «Vancouver Sun, Jul 15»
4
Weber: Manneh gets the seal of approval
Just past Jeremy Wotherspoon and Nadia Comaneci, beyond Christine Sinclair and Kevin Bieksa, there lay Kekuta Manneh — harbour seal ... «The Province, Jul 15»
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New tool to measure impact of man-made noise on sea-mammals
harbour seal The tool has been designed to use the kind of information that is likely to be provided by developers in Environmental Statements ... «Scottish Construction Now, Jul 15»
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UK: cofferdam competed at Dundee museum site - reclamation to …
... ahead of the June 1 date where the summer embargo of works on the river begins to avoid any impact on the harbour seal breeding season. «Dredging News Online, Jun 15»
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Coffer dam completed at Dundee's £80m V&A museum site
Work on the dam had to be complete by the beginning of June, to avoid interfering with the harbour seal breeding season. Having seen the ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
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Alaska: Melting moments
A juvenile harbour seal accidentally surfaces near the boat, but skulks away looking suitably embarrassed, and the Safari Endeavour's promise ... «New Zealand Herald, Jun 15»
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Rare encounter: Epic 'slow dance' battle between seal and octopus
A man had his smartphone recording as one of the most fearsome predators in the ocean proved no match for a hungry harbour seal ... «CTV News, Jun 15»
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Assiniboine Park Zoo adds two harbour seals
Assiniboine Park Zoo officials announced Friday that the two seals, Anton and Emile, have joined Neptune — another harbour seal — in the ... «Winnipeg Sun, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Harbour seal [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/harbour-seal>. May 2024 ».
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