rob

Meaning

seal, any member of the family Phocidae

Concepts

seal

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sea-dog

Synonyms

zeehond

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zeerob

Translations

Seehund

phoque

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foca

foca

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foca

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Robbe

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foca

fok

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phoca

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φώκια

guarnizione

Pummel

fókia

sigillo

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/rɔp/

Etymology

Cognate with English: rabbit

Cognate with Latvian: rups

Cognate with English: rub

In summary

Uncertain; compare English rabbit. Or, possibly related to Latvian rups (“coarse, rough”), referring to the whiskers. Also compared is the personal name Robbe. Has also compared to English rub, referring to seals' movements, but this is unlikely.