bedlamer

[ bed-luh-mer ]
/ ˈbɛd lə mər /

noun Newfoundland.

a harp seal, beyond the beater stage but not yet mature.

Origin of bedlamer

1760–70; origin uncertain; alleged to be a folk-etymological alteration of French bête de la mer beast of the sea, but compare British dialect bedlam wild, ill-behaved, a troublesome person or animal (developments of bedlam)