'Callorhinus ursinus' definitions:
Definition of 'Callorhinus ursinus'
(from WordNet)
noun
Of Pacific coast from Alaska southward to California [syn: Alaska fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus]
Definition of 'Callorhinus ursinus'
From: GCIDE
- Fur \Fur\, a. Of or pertaining to furs; bearing or made of fur; as, a fur cap; the fur trade. [1913 Webster]
- Fur seal (Zool.) one of several species of seals of the genera Callorhinus and Arclocephalus, inhabiting the North Pacific and the Antarctic oceans. They have a coat of fine and soft fur which is highly prized. The northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) breeds in vast numbers on the Prybilov Islands, off the coast of Alaska; -- called also sea bear. [1913 Webster]