the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Phocidae > seal > other places made or used by (2)
A breathing-hole in the ice, made by a seal. Cf. blowhole, n. 4.
a place where bachelor seals congregate, distinguished from the rookery or ground occupied by breeding seals.