_floe rat_
floe . four or five species are pursued off the shores of Newfoundland and in the Arctic Regions proper, viz -- the "ground" or "grown" seal, the saddle-back, or harp seal, so called from the saddle or harp-shaped mark on the back of the males, the bladder-nose, and the floe rat...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/27630 2023-12-31T10:03:37+01:00 _floe rat_ 1979/02/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/27630 eng eng F 1880 _The Standard_ [London] 20 May, p. 3 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16769 F_16769_floe http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/27630 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript 1979 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:41Z floe . four or five species are pursued off the shores of Newfoundland and in the Arctic Regions proper, viz -- the "ground" or "grown" seal, the saddle-back, or harp seal, so called from the saddle or harp-shaped mark on the back of the males, the bladder-nose, and the floe rat -- which is the smallest species found in the North Atlantic, and much more rarely the spotted seal, or "kassigak" of the Eskimo. . Of the "floe rat" the Greenlanders kill every year about fifty-one thousand. PRINTED ITEM * W. Kirwin, 2/79 JH 2/79 Not used Not used Withdrawn Manuscript Arctic eskimo* greenlander* Harp Seal Newfoundland North Atlantic Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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floe . four or five species are pursued off the shores of Newfoundland and in the Arctic Regions proper, viz -- the "ground" or "grown" seal, the saddle-back, or harp seal, so called from the saddle or harp-shaped mark on the back of the males, the bladder-nose, and the floe rat -- which is the smallest species found in the North Atlantic, and much more rarely the spotted seal, or "kassigak" of the Eskimo. . Of the "floe rat" the Greenlanders kill every year about fifty-one thousand. PRINTED ITEM * W. Kirwin, 2/79 JH 2/79 Not used Not used Withdrawn |
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Arctic eskimo* greenlander* Harp Seal Newfoundland North Atlantic |
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Arctic eskimo* greenlander* Harp Seal Newfoundland North Atlantic |
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F 1880 _The Standard_ [London] 20 May, p. 3 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16769 F_16769_floe http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/27630 |
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