Sentence examples for common seal from inspiring English sources
noun
Phoca vitulina, a seal living in the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
The possession of a common seal was an important part of a town's independence.
As early as 1243 Uri had a common seal, and its privileges were recognized by Rudolf of Habsburg in 1274.
Seals The British Isles are home to the common seal (Phoca vitulina) and the grey seal (Halichoerus grypus).
We dutifully examined the shoreline through our binoculars and, as the oddly shaped boulders come into focus, each was topped with a common seal.
When I bathed at Waxham beach in Norfolk recently, the only other beast in the water was a common seal, which broke the limpid water to regard me with bulging brown eyes.
These aquatic, gregarious mammals are large, grey-to-brownish-grey fish-eaters, and can be told apart from each other by the common seal's rounded head.
Grey and common seals haul out on the Point.
The harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) is one of the world's most common seals.
Around the islands, look out for common seals, grey seals, otters and porpoises.
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The heads of two young common seals poke out and shiny liquorice button eyes watch us with curiosity.
