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hair seal

hair seal
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hair seel]
    • /hɛər sil/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [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".

hair seal usage trend in Literature

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