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holluschickie |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Holluschickie \Hol"lus*chick`ie\, n. sing. & pl [Prob. of Russ. goluishka bare of possessions, offspring, etc., fr golui[i^] naked.] (Zo["o]l.) A young male fur seal, esp. one from three to six years old -- called also {bachelor}, because prevented from breeding by the older full-grown males. Note: The holluschickie are the seals that may legally be killed for their skins. But he'll lie down on the killing grounds where the holluschickie go --Kipling.
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