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