seal pup
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsealandpup
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seal
noun[C]
uk/siːl/us/siːl/
a large mammal that eats fish and lives partly in the sea and partly on land ...
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pup
noun[C]
uk/pʌp/us/pʌp/
a baby of particular animals, or ...
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(Definition ofsealandpupfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Yet thissealpupwas still alive when it was retrieved.
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The basic difference is that the grey seal pups on land and the greysealpupremains on land for approximately four weeks.
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It is amazing that a smallsealpupcan gain at the rate of 4 lbs.
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Customs officers will also scrutinise importations declared under closely allied headings, to check that they are not being used for harp and hoodedsealpupproducts.
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During the 1990s annual meansealpupproduction was 1500.
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The expedition also captured a newly bornsealpupthat died in captivity a week later.
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Many weaned crabeater seal pups were seen in both the pack ice and along the continental margin.
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A cull of 750 seal pups will take place this month under the same controls as operated last year.
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This year's cull was not abandoned but modified to a cull of seal pups.
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I remember coming in when we were discussing grey seal pups.
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Despite all this we managed to witness the cruel hunting of very young seal pups which left many suffering on the ice.
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After all, it takes about four weeks for grey seal pups to migrate into the water, where they are reasonably safe.
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We cannot enact that only so many seals or seal pups may be culled in a year, because conditions can and do change.
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The same day, two seal pups which had been dead for some time were recovered.
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