hylje

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • seal (common language term for smaller pinnipeds; used mainly of earless earless or true true seals but sometimes also covering the eared eared seals)
  • (zoology) earless seal, true seal (any seal of the family Phocidae)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *hülgeh inherited from *šülke.

Origin

*šülke

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