Holluschickie

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
           [Webster 1913 Suppl.]