noun
- a place where marine mammals, especially seals or sea lions, come ashore to rest, breed, or molt
Usage: marine biology; often written as two words (haul out) or hyphenated (haul-out) in some contexts
Examples
- The researchers monitored the seal haulout during breeding season.
- Sea lions gather at the rocky haulout to rest between feeding trips.
- Climate change is affecting the availability of suitable haulout locations for marine mammals.
- The haulout was crowded with hundreds of seals basking in the sun.
- Scientists tagged the animals at the haulout to track their migration patterns.