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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A seal (Cystophora cristata) of northern seas having a grayish spotted coat, the male of which can inflate its flexible nasal cavity into a large black hood and can also inflate a nasal membrane into a red balloonlike structure.

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  • noun An arctic seal, Cystophora christata, notable for the fleshy bulge on its forehead and nose.

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  • noun medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac on the head; of Arctic and northern Atlantic waters

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