seecatch

[ see-kach ]

/ ˈsiˌkætʃ /

noun, plural see·catch·ie [see-kach-ee] /ˈsiˌkætʃ i/.

the adult male of the fur seal, Callorhinus alascanus, of Alaska.

Nearby words

see with half an eye, see-bee, see-through, seebeck, seebeck effect, seecatch, seed, seed beetle, seed capital, seed capsule, seed coat

Origin of seecatch

1880–85, Americanism; earlier seecatchie (collective or plural) < Russian sekachí, plural of sekách mature male fur seal, hog, or wild boar, literally, chopper, cutter (alluding to the tusks of such animals), equivalent to sek-, stem of sechʾ to cut, slash + -ach noun suffix; cf. holluschick