hair seal
hair seal
H h Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [hair seel]
- /hɛər sil/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [hair seel]
- /hɛər sil/
Definitions of hair seal words
- noun hair seal any of various seals having coarse hair and no soft underfur. 1
- noun hair seal any earless seal, esp the harbour seal, having a coat of stiff hair with no underfur 0
- noun hair seal earless seal 0
- noun hair seal Any of various seals which have coarse hair rather than fur. 0
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Origin of hair seal
First appearance:
before 1815 One of the 39% newest English words
First recorded in 1815-25
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Hair seal
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hair seal popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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