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Definition of Family Phocidae
1. Noun. Earless seals.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Pinnipedia, Suborder Pinnipedia
Member holonyms: Earless Seal, Hair Seal, True Seal, Genus Phoca, Phoca, Genus Pagophilus, Pagophilus, Genus Mirounga, Mirounga, Erignathus, Genus Erignathus, Cystophora, Genus Cystophora
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Phocidae
Literary usage of Family Phocidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Leather for Libraries by Edward Wyndham Hulme (1905)
"The skins of seal (family Phocidae) are most useful for bookbinding, ... These are
the true or earless seals (family Phocidae), commonly called hair seals ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... The true seals (family Phocidae) are the most completely adapted for aquatic
life of all the Pinniped ¡a. When on land the hind-limbs __^ are extended ..."
3. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"Some remains associated with these are doubtfully referred to the Seal
family (Phocidae) among the Carnivora. Edentata.—Till quite recently no remains of ..."
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