noun
- Plural of agloo; a breathing hole made by a seal in ice.
Usage: chiefly Canadian and Arctic contexts; also spelled 'aglus' or 'aglu'
Examples
- Hunters waited patiently near the agloos for seals to surface.
- The seals maintained several agloos in the ice to breathe.
- Traditional hunting methods relied on knowledge of where agloos would form.
- The ice was dotted with agloos used by the local seal population.