单词 | seal rookery |
释义 | > as lemmasseal rookery seal rookery n. = rookery n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Phocidae > seal > breeding ground of rookery1831 whelping icec1900 seal rookery1901 1901 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 9 Oct. 8/3 That the contention..that the seal herds in the Behring Sea are decreasing is not being borne out by fact, is shown by recent advices from the seal rookeries in the Pribyloffs. 1910 Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 176/2 The value of the seal-rookeries on the shores. 1974 G. Jenkins Bridge of Magpies iii. 46 Possession [Island] was as inviting as a seal rookery—and as smelly. < as lemmas |
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