noun
earless seals
• Syn: ↑family Phocidae
• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pinnipedia, ↑suborder Pinnipedia
• Member Meronyms:
↑earless seal, ↑true seal, ↑hair seal, ↑Phoca, ↑genus Phoca, ↑Pagophilus, ↑genus Pagophilus, ↑Mirounga, ↑genus Mirounga, ↑Erignathus, ↑genus Erignathus, ↑Cystophora, ↑genus Cystophora
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Phocidae /fōˈsi-dē/ plural noun
The true seals, with backward-turned hind-flippers and no external ear
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Main Entry: ↑Phoca
Useful english dictionary. 2012.