PHOCA - Definition

WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] type genus of the Phocidae: earless seals

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	Synonyms:	genus Phoca

	See Also:	common seal, family Phocidae, harbor seal, mammal genus, Phoca vitulina, Phocidae

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Pho"ca\, n. [L., a seal, fr. Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of seals. It includes the common harbor seal and allied species. See {Seal}.