כלב ים
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See also: כלבים
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
[edit]In the Revival literature era there were authors appending the meaning "shark" to it, in analogy to Arabic كَلْب الْبَحْر (kalb al-baḥr) or French chien-de-mer, but the "seal" sense eventually prevailed.
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Noun
[edit]- seal (a pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal)
- (archaic) shark