northern fur seal
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A fur seal of the species Callorhinus ursinus (formerly Arctocephalus ursinus), of the northern Pacific.
Example Sentences
- "Arctocephalus ursinus. Northern Fur-Seal. Adult male grey-black; hair of the back long, black, reddish, with a subterminal band and a short grey tip; under fur short, wolly, red; the hair of the neck and front of the body longer, forming a kind of mane; lips and nose reddish; whiskers very long, strong, white, smooth, tapering to a fine point."