phocacean

English

A phocacean (Phoca vitulina)

Wikispecies

Noun

phocacean (plural phocaceans)

1. (zoology) Any species of Phoca; seal.

Usage notes

The Phoca genus previously contained more members, but as of 2022, it only contains the spotted seal and the common seal. See Wikipedia's page.

Hypernyms

• phocid

References

• “phocacean”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.