Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hooded_seal

1 sense of hooded seal

Sense 1
hooded seal, bladdernose, Cystophora cristata -- (medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac on the head; of Arctic and northern Atlantic waters)
       => earless seal, true seal, hair seal -- (any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers)