- seecatch
- see·catch
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seecatch
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Seecatch — See catch, n. [Russ. siekach.] (Zo[ o]l.) A full grown male fur seal. [Alaska] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
seecatch — ☆ seecatch [sē′kach′ēsē′kach΄ ] n. [Russ sekach, sekachi < Ger seekatze, lit., sea cat, transl. of Russ ( morskoy) kot, (sea) cat, term used in Kamchatka] the adult male fur seal of Alaskan waters: also seecatchie [sē′kach′ē] … English World dictionary
seecatch — /see kach /, n., pl. seecatchie / kach ee/. the adult male of the fur seal, Callorhinus alascanus, of Alaska. [1880 85, Amer.; earlier seecatchie (collective or pl.) < Russ sekachí, pl. of SEKÁCH mature male fur seal, hog, or wild boar, lit.,… … Universalium
seecatch — … Useful english dictionary
sek- — To cut. Derivatives include scythe, Saxon, skin, insect, and sickle. 1. scythe, from Old English sīthe, sigthe, sickle, from Germanic *segithō, sickle. 2. Su … Universalium
