Phoca

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Phoca \Pho"ca\ (f[=o]"k[.a]), prop. n. [L., a seal, fr. Gr.
     fw`kh.] (Zool.)
     A genus of seals. It includes the common harbor seal and
     allied species. See {Seal}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Phoca
       n : type genus of the Phocidae: earless seals [syn: {genus Phoca}]