What is a cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the ice called?
igloo — (Zoöl.) A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the ice. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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