Word Study
fur seal
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fur seal has 2 senses
- fur seal(n = noun.animal) Array - an eared seal of the northern Pacific; Array is a kind of eared seal
- fur seal(n = noun.animal) Array - eared seal of the southern hemisphere; the thick soft underfur is the source of sealskin; "the male fur seal is much larger than the female" is a kind of eared seal
is a member of callorhinus, genus callorhinus
has particulars: alaska fur seal, callorhinus ursinus
is a member of arctocephalus, genus arctocephalus
has particulars: arctocephalus philippi, guadalupe fur seal
For further exploring for "fur seal" in Webster Dictionary Online