In the sentence "The island chain has several haul-out sites for Steller sea lions, but only one rookery, a haul-out site reserved for breeding," the underlined phrase is a(an) ________.
A) extended definition
B) parenthetical definition
C) formal definition
D) sentence definition

Question

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The underlined phrase is providing additional information about the preceding phrase and is set apart by commas, making it a parenthetical definition.

In the Sentence "The Island Chain Has Several Haul-Out Sites