'Phoca' definitions:
Definition of 'Phoca'
(from WordNet)
noun
Type genus of the Phocidae: earless seals [syn: Phoca, genus Phoca]
Definition of 'Phoca'
From: GCIDE
- Phoca \Pho"ca\ (f[=o]"k[.a]), prop. n. [L., a seal, fr. Gr. fw`kh.] (Zool.) A genus of seals. It includes the common harbor seal and allied species. See Seal. [1913 Webster]