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fur seal
noun
: any of various eared seals that have a double coat with a dense soft underfur and were hunted especially formerly for their desirable pelts:
a
: a large seal (Callorhinus ursinus) of the northern Pacific Ocean having its main breeding rookery on Pribilof Island in the Bering Sea
called also northern fur seal
b
: any of a genus (Arctocephalus) of seals chiefly of the southern hemisphere
called also southern fur seal
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So far, she’s already traveled about 50 miles south to Scotts Head.
New Zealand fur seals are distinguished by their pointy noses, long whiskers and relatively small size, according to the New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC).
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Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2025
On one island off the Western Antarctic Peninsula, leopard seals eat as many as 70% of Antarctic fur seal pups each year, severely impacting their declining population, researchers said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 24 June 2025
When Theodore Roosevelt signed legislation creating the department, in 1903, it was tasked with applying immigration law, taking the census, and protecting Alaskan fur seals.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
The surviving crew fixed the ship, stocked it full of hundreds of the sea otters, foxes and fur seals that were abundant there, and returned to Siberia, impressing Russian fur hunters with their valuable cargo.
—William L. Iggiagruk Hensley, The Conversation, 29 Mar. 2017
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Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2025
On one island off the Western Antarctic Peninsula, leopard seals eat as many as 70% of Antarctic fur seal pups each year, severely impacting their declining population, researchers said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 24 June 2025
When Theodore Roosevelt signed legislation creating the department, in 1903, it was tasked with applying immigration law, taking the census, and protecting Alaskan fur seals.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
The surviving crew fixed the ship, stocked it full of hundreds of the sea otters, foxes and fur seals that were abundant there, and returned to Siberia, impressing Russian fur hunters with their valuable cargo.
—William L. Iggiagruk Hensley, The Conversation, 29 Mar. 2017
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“Fur seal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fur%20seal. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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