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zeehond.

seal, any member of the family Phocidae

7 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈzeːɦɔnt/
  1. seal, any member of the family Phocidae

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch seehont. By surface analysis, zee (“sea”) + hond (“hound, dog”). Middle Dutch seehont, is possibly an alteration of seelhont (literally “seal-hound, seal-dog”), from seel (“seal”), from Proto-Germanic *selhaz. Compare Low German Saalhund (“seal”).

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