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Holluschickie \Hol"lus*chick`ie\, n. sing. & pl. [Prob. of Russ.
goluishka bare of possessions, offspring, etc., fr. golui[i^]
naked.] (Zool.)
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.

Note: 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.
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Bachelor \Bach"e*lor\ (b[a^]ch"[-e]*l[~e]r), n. [OF. bacheler
young man, F. bachelier (cf. Pr. bacalar, Sp. bachiller, Pg.
bacharel, It. baccalare), LL. baccalarius the tenant of a
kind of farm called baccalaria, a soldier not old or rich
enough to lead his retainers into battle with a banner, a
person of an inferior academical degree aspiring to a
doctorate. In the latter sense, it was afterward changed to
baccalaureus. See {Baccalaureate}, n.]
1. A man of any age who has not been married.
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As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed
a hound. --W. Irving.
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2. An unmarried woman. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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3. A person who has taken the first or lowest degree in the
liberal arts, or in some branch of science, at a college
or university; as, a bachelor of arts.
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4. A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under
the standard of another in the field; often, a young
knight.
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5. In the companies of London tradesmen, one not yet admitted
to wear the livery; a junior member. [Obs.]
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6. (Zool.) A kind of bass, an edible fresh-water fish
({Pomoxys annularis}) of the southern United States.
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