phoca

Definition

A seal.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin phōca, from Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē).

Example Sentences

• "His charet swift in haste he thither steard, Which with a teeme of scaly Phocas bound Was drawne vpon the waues, that fomed him around."
• "With tangled fins, behind, huge Phocæ glide, And Whales and Grampi swell the distant tide."

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