WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
see•catch
(sē′kach′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -catch•ie
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(-kach′ē).USA pronunciation
- Mammalsthe adult male of the fur seal, Callorhinus alascanus, of Alaska.
- Russian sekachí, plural of sekách mature male fur seal, hog, or wild boar, literally, chopper, cutter (alluding to the tusks of such animals), equivalent. to sek-, stem of sech’ to cut, slash + -ach noun, nominal suffix; compare holluschick
- earlier seecatchie (collective or plural) 1880–85, American.