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bachelor (seal)
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a young adult male seal or sea lion that has not yet mated.
Quotations
1936
The men land upon the ice floes, kill the bachelor seals with blows from a stout gaff, and drag the carcasses to the water's edge where small boats gather the hides, to which a thick layer of fat adheres.
1960
Breeding localities are known as "rookeries"; breeding adults are "bulls" and "cows"; adults not yet breeding are "bachelors" and "virgins"; young of both sexes are "pups."