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Definition of Ursine seal

ursine seal
Seal Seal (s[=e]l), n. [OE. sele, AS. seolh; akin to OHG. selah, Dan. s[ae]l, Sw. sj["a]l, Icel. selr.] (Zo["o]l.) Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocid[ae] and Otariid[ae]. Note: Seals inhabit seacoasts, and are found principally in the higher latitudes of both hemispheres. There are numerous species, bearing such popular names as sea lion, sea leopard, sea bear, or ursine seal, fur seal, and sea elephant. The bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus), the hooded seal (Cystophora crustata), and the ringed seal (Phoca f[oe]tida), are northern species. See also Eared seal, Harp seal, and Fur seal, under Eared, Harp, Monk, and Fur. Seals are much hunted for their skins and fur, and also for their oil, which in some species is very abundant. Harbor seal (Zo["o]l.), the common seal (Phoca vitulina). It inhabits both the North Atlantic and the North Pacific Ocean, and often ascends rivers; -- called also marbled seal, native seal, river seal, bay seal, land seal, sea calf, sea cat, sea dog, dotard, ranger, selchie, tangfish.
Ursine seal
Ursine Ur"sine, a. [L. ursinus, from ursus a bear. See Ursa.] Of or pertaining to a bear; resembling a bear. Ursine baboon. (Zo["o]l.) See Chacma. Ursine dasyure (Zo["o]l.), the Tasmanian devil. Ursine howler (Zo["o]l.), the araguato. See Illust. under Howler. Ursine seal. (Zo["o]l.) See Sea bear, and the Note under 1st Seal.

Meaning of Ursine seal from wikipedia

- based loosely on the Goldilocks variant, featuring the ursine trio replacing three humans in ursine costume for a production thereof from Pinchpenny Studios...
- They are mostly carnivorous and specialized for preying on seals, particularly ringed seals. Such prey is typically taken by ambush; the bear may stalk...
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- based on the genetic study of Kumar et al. (2017). The study concludes that Ursine bears originated around five million years ago and show extensive hybridization...
- written as a bear, but designer Peter DeSève had a hard time designing an ursine villain, and thus instead designed him as a more versatile primate.[citation...
- Bearded seal Grey seal Ribbon seal Leopard seal Weddell seal Crabeater seal Northern elephant seal Southern elephant seal Ross seal Harp seal Spotted seal Harbor...
- was originally a human whose consciousness was later transferred into an ursine alien species Duffy, originally created for and briefly sold at the Disney...
- starvation. While primarily herbivorous, the giant panda still retains decidedly ursine teeth and will eat meat, fish, and eggs when available. In captivity, zoos...
- mistaken for the similarly large Eurasian cave bear (Ursus spelaeus). As an ursine, the Eurasian cave bear last shared a common ancestor with the tremarctine...
- implications quant aux fréquentations humaines de la cavité et à la présence ursine dans la région". Paléo: 41–50. ISSN 1145-3370. Condemi, Silvana; Voisin...