Phoca

See also: phoca and phóca

Translingual

Phoca vitulina

Etymology

From Latin phoca (“seal”).

Proper noun

Phoca f

A taxonomic genus within the family Phocidae – a genus of earless seals; harbor seals.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Carnivora - order; Caniformia - suborder; Phocidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Phoca largha, Phoca vitulina - species
- Phoca fasciata, Phoca caspica, Phoca hispida, Phoca sibirica, Phoca groenlandica - species formerly included in Phoca

Derived terms

Further reading

Phoca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Phoca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Phoca on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Phoca at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Phoca at AnimalBase
Phoca at Encyclopedia of Life
Phoca on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Phoca in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
Phoca at World Register of Marine Species

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