Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
pippin .
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- verb Present participle of
pup .
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Examples
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For example, areas where pinnipeds seals and sea lions have pupping grounds, and often costal points outside of kelp beds, are "hot spots" off California, says Professor Cailliet.
Dr. Douglas Fields: Alarming Increase in Fatal Shark Attacks World-Wide: Science cuts through the hysteria for answers Dr. Douglas Fields 2011
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A rope has gone up in recent years to establish a buffer between people and the seals during pupping season, between Dec. 15 and May 15.
Should Sealing Off Seals Get the Seal of Approval in La Jolla? Miriam Jordan 2010
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I wonder what he'd have thought if he'd known I had been pupping his little Ukrainian angel for weeks.
The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010
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Also, populations of seals and walrus, which require sea ice for breeding and pupping, may decline as ice-covered areas recede [35].
Potential impacts of indirect mechanisms of climate change on human health in the Arctic 2009
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Ice-living seals are particularly vulnerable to the changes in the extent and character of arctic sea ice projected by the ACIA-designated models because they depend on the sea ice as a pupping, molting, and resting platform, and some species forage on many ice-associated prey species [25].
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Peases most recent arrest came in the fall of 2004 at a San Diego beach where harbor seals were pupping.
The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009
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Vibe [19] also pointed out that ringed seals are the main prey item for polar bears and that a stable sea-ice environment is critical to ringed seal ecology, especially for successful spring pupping.
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Peases most recent arrest came in the fall of 2004 at a San Diego beach where harbor seals were pupping.
The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009
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Cleanup operations were scheduled around specific activities such as seal haulout activity, seal pupping, eagle nesting, fish spawning, fishing seasons, and other significant events as much as possible.
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The she-bear is fierce after cubbing, and the bitch after pupping.
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