harp seal

短语

格陵兰海豹

发音

/ˈhɑɹp.siːl/
/ˈhɑːp.siːl/

词形变化

harp seals 复数 harp seals

别名

harp

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One of species Pagophilus groenlandicus, a true seal (or earless seal) found in the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and adjacent parts of the Arctic Ocean.

    Some people say that harp seals eat too many cod, but humans are the ones who collapsed the Atlantic cod fishery to begin with.

词汇关系

词源

From harp + seal. So called because it has black harp- or wishbone-shaped markings on its back.

来源:wiktionary