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phoca

/ˈfəʊkə/

phoca noun: a seal.

Noun

phoca (plural phocas or phocae)

  1. (obsolete) A seal.
    • 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.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
    • With tangled fins, behind, huge Phocæ glide,
      And Whales and Grampi swell the distant tide.1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 68

Forms of phoca

pluralphocas
pluralphocae

Origin of phoca

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

Questions about phoca

What does phoca mean?
Phoca means a seal.
What part of speech is phoca?
Phoca is a noun.
How do you pronounce phoca?
Phoca is pronounced /ˈfəʊkə/.
What is the plural of phoca?
The plural of phoca is phocas.

Words near phoca in the dictionary

  1. phobotaxes
  2. phobotaxis
  3. phoby
  4. phoby cat
  5. phoby cats
  6. phoca
  7. phocacean
  8. phocaceans
  9. phocae
  10. Phocaea
  11. Phocaean

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