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phocid Zool.|ˈfəʊsɪd|
[f. Zool. L. Phōcidæ, f. phōca: adopted as the name of a genus by Linnæus in his Systema Naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) I. 37: see -id3.]
Any member of the Phocidæ or seal family. Also as adj., of or pertaining to the family Phocidæ. So ˈphociform a., having the form or structure of a seal, phocoid; ˈphocine a., pertaining to the sub-family Phocinæ, containing the seals proper; n., a member of this sub-family; ˈphocoid a., allied in structure to the seals.
1846Worcester, Phocine (citing Penny Cycl.). 1880J. A. Allen Hist. N. Amer. Pinnipeds (U.S. Geol. Survey Misc. Publ. No. 12) 421 All the Phocids or Earless Seals known to systematic writers were referred to the common seal. Ibid. 470 Some supposed Phocine remains were described. Ibid. 740 It [sc. the hooded seal] is commonly described as the most courageous and combative of the Phocids. 1930A. B. Howell Aquatic Mammals ii. 34 The otariids have descended from the bears and the phocids from the otters. Ibid. xi. 283 No great significance can be attached to details of the phocid tarsal bones. 1958V. B. Scheffer Seals, Sea Lions & Walruses v. 87 Thirteen genera of phocids are recognized. 1970Sci. Jrnl. Apr. 69/2 The so-called ‘true’ or phocid seals (which lack external ears and have small pectoral flippers) are not such rapid swimmers but can dive for longer times. 1976H. L. Gunderson Mammalogy v. 122 The otariids and the phocids may have a common ancestor. |