Meanings
nounfur seal (plural fur seals)
plural fur seals
- Any pinniped of the genera Arctocephalus and Callorhinus, differing from the sea lions in having dense underfur.
Near-synonym: sea puppy (a seal; informal, humorous)
Synonyms: sea puppy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny pinniped of the genera Arctocephalus and Callorhinus, differing from the sea lions in having dense underfur.
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Translations
Afrikaans pelsrob
- pelsrobmarine mammal
Catalan os marí
- os marímarine mammal
Chinese Mandarin 海狗
- 海狗 (hǎigǒu)marine mammal
Czech lachtan
- lachtanmarine mammal
Dutch zeebeer
- zeebeermarine mammal
Finnish haaremihylje, beringinhylje
- haaremihyljemarine mammal
- beringinhyljemarine mammal
French ours de mer, otarie à fourrure
- ours de mermarine mammal
- otarie à fourruremarine mammal
German Seebär
- Seebärmarine mammal
Hungarian medvefóka
- medvefókamarine mammal
Irish rón fionnaidh
- rón fionnaidhmarine mammal
Italian otaria orsina
- otaria orsinamarine mammal
Japanese 膃肭臍, オットセイ
- 膃肭臍 (ottosei)marine mammal
- オットセイ (ottosei)marine mammal
Korean 물개
- 물개 (mulgae)marine mammal
Māori oioi
- oioimarine mammal
Polish kotik
- kotikmarine mammal
Portuguese otária
- otáriamarine mammal
Romanian urs-de-mare
- urs-de-maremarine mammal
Russian морско́й ко́тик, ко́тик
- морско́й ко́тик (morskój kótik)marine mammal
- ко́тик (kótik)marine mammal
Swedish pälssäl
- pälssälmarine mammal
Turkish ayıbalığı
- ayıbalığımarine mammal
Vietnamese hải cẩu
- hải cẩumarine mammal
Welsh morlo manflewog
- morlo manflewogmarine mammal
Cite this entry
APA
fur seal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fur%20seal
MLA
“fur seal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fur%20seal. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fur seal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fur%20seal.
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