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crab-eater seal

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.22 in modern English

Syllables
crab-eater seal
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The seal Lobodon carcinophagus, which eats krill.

Etymology

From the mistaken belief that they eat crabs.

Inflected Forms

crab-eater seals (plural)

Synonyms

sterrink

Questions

What does crab-eater seal mean?
The seal Lobodon carcinophagus, which eats krill.
Where does crab-eater seal come from?
From the mistaken belief that they eat crabs.

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