单词 | sea-bear |
释义 | ˈsea-bear [bear n.1] †1. The sea-urchin. Obs.
1611Cotgr., Oursin, the sea Beare. 1668Wilkins Real Char. ii. v. §2. 128. 1694 Motteux Rabelais iv. lx, Sea-Bears. 2. The ursine or fur-seal, Callorhinus ursinus, of the North Pacific. Also applied to the various smaller otaries (species of Arctocephalus) of the southern seas, as distinguished from the larger hair-seals, called sea-lions. See also bear n.1 5.
1771Pennant Synopsis Quadrupeds 344 Ursine Seal. There are three marine animals, which..seem divided between the N.E. of Asia, and N.W. of America... These are..the Sea Lion and the Sea Bear, and the Manati. 1847[see bear n.1 5]. 1880H. W. Elliott Rep. Seal Isl. Alaska (1884) 109 The eared-seal, or sea-bear (Otaria ursina). 3. A polar bear. rare.
1829J. Richardson Fauna Bor.-Amer. I. 30 Ursus Maritimus, Polar or Sea Bear. 1876Davis Polaris Exp. xxi. 552 What is called the Sea-bear (Ursus Maritimus). |

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