Lobodon carcinophagus

Translingual
Lobodon carcinophagus

Etymology

From the mistaken belief that they eat crabs. (They eat krill.)

Proper noun

Lobodon carcinophagus m

  1. A taxonomic species within the family Phocidae – the crab-eater seal or krill-eater seal, native to the Antarctic ice floes.

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