0 a type of seal (= a large mammal that eats fish and lives partly in the sea and partly on land or ice) that has circular patterns on its back and is found in the Arctic:
For polar bears, winter sea ice is where they hunt ringed seals.
Ringed seals often use their heavy foreflipper claws to make and maintain breathing holes in the ice.
The polar bear and its prey, the ringed seal, are maybe the two best-known examples of wildlife hit hard by receding ice.
