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phoca
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun phoca has 1 sense
- phoca(n = noun.animal) genus phoca - type genus of the Phocidae: earless seals; Array is a kind of mammal genus
is a member of family phocidae, phocidae
CIDE DICTIONARY
phoca, n. [L., a seal, fr. Gr. .].
A genus of seals. It includes the common harbor seal and allied species. See Seal. [1913 Webster]
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