holluschick

holluschick
/hol"euhs chik'/, n., pl. holluschickie /-chik'ee/.
a young male fur seal.
[1870-75; earlier holluschickie collective pl., by folk etym. < Russ kholostyakí, pl. of KHOLOSTYÁK lit., bachelor]

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