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phocae

phocae is the plural of phoca.

Meaning of phoca

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

Questions about phocae

What is phocae the plural of?
Phocae is the plural of phoca.

Words near phocae in the dictionary

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

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