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Noun: common seal
  1. Small spotted seal of coastal waters of the Northern Hemisphere
    - harbor seal [N. Amer], Phoca vitulina

Derived forms: common seals

Type of: earless seal, hair seal, true seal

Part of: genus Phoca, Phoca

Encyclopedia: Common seal