phocine

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Pertaining to a seal (or similar pinnipeds); seallike.

   “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.”

2. isim A member of the subfamily Phocinae, comprising the "true" or "earless" seals.

   “Phocines anchor their hands by flexing their fingers, digging them into the substrate, and then pulling their body forward by elbow and shoulder flexion.”