Definition of Phoca

1. Noun. Type genus of the Phocidae: earless seals.

Exact synonyms: Genus Phoca
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Phocidae, Phocidae
Member holonyms: Common Seal, Harbor Seal, Phoca Vitulina

Definition of Phoca

1. n. A genus of seals. It includes the common harbor seal and allied species. See Seal.

Definition of Phoca

1. Noun. (obsolete except as Phoca) A seal. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Phoca

1. a type of sea monster or a seal [n PHOCAS or PHOCAE]

Medical Definition of Phoca

1. A genus of seals. It includes the common harbor seal and allied species. See Seal. Origin: L, a seal, fr. Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phoca

phobia
phobias
phobic
phobic disorder
phobic disorders
phobic neurosis
phobically
phobics
phobism
phobisms
phobist
phobists
phobiæ
phobophobia
phobosophy
phoca (current term)
phocacean
phocaceans
phocae
phocal
phocas
phocenic
phocenic acid
phocenin
phocid
phocids
phocine
phocines
phocodont
phocodontia

Literary usage of Phoca

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911 by Gerrit Smith Miller (1912)
"phoca largha TRUE, The Fur Seals and Fur Seal Islands of the North Pacific Ocean, pt. ... Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. t*phoca richardii ..."

2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"We have as yet distinguished two genera only, phoca and Trichechus. phoca, Lin. Seals have six or four incisors above, four or two below, pointed canini and ..."

3. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"OP A SEAL [phoca vitulina, Linn., and phoca ... 2 [The skeleton of one of the seals dissected by Hunter is of the harp-seal (phoca ..."

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