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haulout

haulout noun: a site, on land or ice, visited by pinnipeds when they temporarily leave the water between periods of foraging.

Noun

haulout (plural haulouts)

  1. A site, on land or ice, visited by pinnipeds when they temporarily leave the water between periods of foraging.

Forms of haulout

pluralhaulouts

Origin of haulout

From haul + out.

Questions about haulout

What does haulout mean?
Haulout means a site, on land or ice, visited by pinnipeds when they temporarily leave the water between periods of foraging.
What part of speech is haulout?
Haulout is a noun.
What is the plural of haulout?
The plural of haulout is haulouts.

Words near haulout in the dictionary

  1. hauling up
  2. haulings
  3. haulm
  4. haulms
  5. haulmy
  6. haulout
  7. haulouts
  8. hauls
  9. hauls around
  10. hauls ass
  11. hauls down

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