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Noun: square flipper seal
  1. Medium-sized greyish to yellow seal with bristles each side of muzzle; of the Arctic Ocean
    "The square flipper seal's distinctive whiskers were visible as it surfaced";
    - bearded seal, Erignathus barbatus

Type of: earless seal, hair seal, true seal

Part of: Erignathus, genus Erignathus

Encyclopedia: Square flipper seal