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Definition of: phoca
(fō′kə) noun plural ·cae (-sē)
One of a genus (Phoca) of seals (family Phocidae), including the typical earless seals of temperate waters. [<NL <L <Gk. phōkē a seal]
—pho′cine (-sīn, -sin) adjective
—pho′coid (-koid) adjective & noun
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