| 单词 | whelping ice |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhelping ice whelping ice n. (see quots). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > [noun] > ice-field or pack-ice > part where seals breed whelping icec1900 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Phocidae > seal > breeding ground of rookery1831 whelping icec1900 seal rookery1901 c1900 J. P. Howley in Regional Lang. Stud.—Newfoundland (1978) viii. 23 Whelping ice. The part of an ice field where they [sc. seals] bring forth their young. 1919 W. T. Grenfell Labrador Doctor (1920) ix. 174 The smoother, whiter variety known as ‘whelping ice’—that is, the Arctic shore ice..on which the seals give birth to their pups. 1969 H. Horwood Newfoundland xii. 83 The drift ice where they [sc. seals] give birth to their young is the whelping ice. < as lemmas |
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