Meanings
nounribbon seal (plural ribbon seals)
plural ribbon seals
- A species (Histriophoca fasciata) of true seal found in the Arctic and subarctic regions of the North Pacific Ocean.
Origin
So called because the coloration of the adult of this species makes it look as if it were wearing a ribbon wrapped around its coat.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan foca de bandes
- foca de bandesa species of true seal
Dutch bandrob
- bandroba species of true seal
French phoque annelé
- phoque anneléa species of true seal
German Bandrobbe
- Bandrobbea species of true seal
Hungarian szalagos fóka
- szalagos fókaa species of true seal
Italian foca fasciata
- foca fasciataa species of true seal
Japanese クラカケアザラシ
- クラカケアザラシa species of true seal
Latvian dryžuotasis ruonis
- dryžuotasis ruonisa species of true seal
Polish foka pręgowana, kajgulik pręgowany
- foka pręgowanaa species of true seal
- kajgulik pręgowanya species of true seal
- kajgulika species of true seal
Russian полоса́тый тюле́нь, крыла́тка
- полоса́тый тюле́нь (polosátyj tjulénʹ)a species of true seal
- крыла́тка (krylátka)a species of true seal
Spanish foca franjeada, foca listada
- foca franjeadaa species of true seal
- foca listadaa species of true seal
Swedish bandsäl
- bandsäla species of true seal
Cite this entry
APA
ribbon seal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ribbon%20seal
MLA
“ribbon seal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ribbon%20seal. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ribbon seal,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ribbon%20seal.
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