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GENUS PHOCA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Phoca mean? 

GENUS PHOCA (noun)
  The noun GENUS PHOCA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Phocidae: earless sealsplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS PHOCA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS PHOCA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Phocidae: earless seals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Phoca; Phoca

Hypernyms ("genus Phoca" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Phoca"):

common seal; harbor seal; Phoca vitulina (small spotted seal of coastal waters of the northern hemisphere)

Holonyms ("genus Phoca" is a member of...):

family Phocidae; Phocidae (earless seals)


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