phoca

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

genus Phoca

Hypernyms

mammal genus

Related terms

phocine

Phrases with the word

phoca hispida phoca groenlandica

Anagrams

poach chapo copha Pacoh phaco

Examples

There are three resident pods that eat salmon, but also some transient orcas that come to take harbor seals (Phoca vitulina). Source: Internet

Seals are on rare occasions killed by brown bears, including eye-witness accounts of Russian bears ambushing spotted (Phoca largha) and harbor seals (Phoca vitulina). Source: Internet

More recently, five species have been split off from Phoca, forming three additional genera. Source: Internet

The genera Phoca and Pusa could have arisen when a phocine lineage traveled from the Paratethys Sea to the Arctic Basin and subsequently went eastward. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

phobosophy phobotaxis phoby cat phoca groenlandica phoca hispida Phoca vitulina