Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The bearded seal. Erignathus barbatus. See cut under Erignathus.

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Examples

  • Surprised and affrighted by the unusual sound, the huge ussuk rose half his length above the water, and looked around him.

    Adrift in the Ice-Fields Charles W. Hall

  • "There's the big berg where we killed ussuk yesterday.

    Adrift in the Ice-Fields Charles W. Hall

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