Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A fishermen's name for an old female seal.

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  • noun obsolete a hooded seal
  • noun a female seal

Etymologies

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From Dutch klapmutsrob ‘hooded seal’, from klapmuts ‘hat with ear-flaps’.

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