Dictionary entry

Holluschickie

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Hol″lus‐chick′ie (?), n. sing. & pl. [Prob. of Russ. goluishka bare of possessions, offspring, etc., fr. goluiĭ naked.] (Zoöl.) A young male fur seal, esp. one from three to six years old; — called also bachelor, because prevented from breeding by the older full-grown males.

☞ The holluschickie are the seals that may legally be killed for their skins.

But he'll lie down on the killing grounds where the holluschickie go. Kipling.