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.

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; 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

Further reading

Phoca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Phoca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Phoca on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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