Search Result for "callorhinus_ursinus":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. of Pacific coast from Alaska southward to California;
[syn: Alaska fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fur \Fur\, a. Of or pertaining to furs; bearing or made of fur; as, a fur cap; the fur trade. [1913 Webster] Fur seal (Zool.) one of several species of seals of the genera Callorhinus and Arclocephalus, inhabiting the North Pacific and the Antarctic oceans. They have a coat of fine and soft fur which is highly prized. The northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) breeds in vast numbers on the Prybilov Islands, off the coast of Alaska; -- called also sea bear. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Callorhinus ursinus n 1: of Pacific coast from Alaska southward to California [syn: Alaska fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus]