In zoology|lang=en terms the difference between phocine and phocal
is that
phocine is (zoology) a member of the subfamily phocinae, comprising the "true" or "earless" seals while
phocal is (zoology) pertaining to seals; phocine.
As adjectives the difference between phocine and phocal
is that
phocine is pertaining to a seal (or other members of the subfamily phocinae; seallike while
phocal is (zoology) pertaining to seals; phocine.
As a noun phocine
is (zoology) a member of the subfamily phocinae, comprising the "true" or "earless" seals.
phocine English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Pertaining to a seal (or other members of the subfamily Phocinae; seallike.
*1871 , New York Daily Standard , 28 Dec 1871:
*:He telegraphed to the whaling ports of New England, and sent messages to San Francisco and Alaska, to know if a group of sea lions and other specimens of the phocine tribe could be secured.
*1955 , (Vladimir Nabokov), Lolita :
*:she had already yanked out of me the coveted section and retreated to her mat near her phocine mamma.
*1987 , , The New Confessions :
*:She walked over towards me with an odd elegance, big strides, like a champion girl swimmer, say; muscled but lean, with a phocine grace.
Noun
( en noun)
(zoology) A member of the subfamily Phocinae, comprising the "true" or "earless" seals.
*2007 , Brian Keith Hall, Fins into Limbs , p. 313:
*:Phocines anchor their hands by flexing their fingers, digging them into the substrate, and then pulling their body forward by elbow and shoulder flexion.
Anagrams
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phocal English
Adjective
( -)
(zoology) Pertaining to seals; phocine.
( Webster 1913) |
