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bladdernose

DEFINITIONS OF: bladdernose

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n medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac on the head; of Arctic and northern Atlantic waters

Synonyms:
Cystophora cristata, hooded seal
Type of:
earless seal, hair seal, true seal
any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers
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