callorhinus ursinus

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   of Pacific coast from Alaska southward to California

   SynonymsAlaska fur seal

   Broaderfur seal

Questions about callorhinus ursinus

What does callorhinus ursinus mean?

callorhinus ursinus means "of Pacific coast from Alaska southward to California".

What is another word for callorhinus ursinus?

Close synonyms include Alaska fur seal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is callorhinus ursinus a common word?

callorhinus ursinus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.