northern fur seal

noun

: fur seal sense a

Examples of northern fur seal in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Alaska’s northern fur seals are showing up in growing numbers at an unlikely location _ a tiny island that forms the tip of an active undersea volcano. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2019

Two-thirds of the world’s population of northern fur seals—hundreds of thousands of animals—return to beaches in the Pribilofs every summer to breed. — WIRED, 15 July 2023

Two-thirds of the world’s population of northern fur seals — hundreds of thousands of animals — return to beaches in the Pribilofs every summer to breed. — Julia O'Malley, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2023

Santos is a young northern fur seal pup and in good spirits, Giancarlo Rulli, a spokesperson for the center, told CNN. — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2019

It has been detected in birds that fly along the Pacific Flyway, and is responsible for a mass mortality event in 2023 in northern fur seals on an island in eastern Russia, said Christine Johnson, director of UC Davis’ Center for Pandemic Insights, during a press conference Thursday morning. — Susanne Rust follow, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1871, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for northern fur seal

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