phocan.

Brit.

/ˈfəʊkə/, U.S.

/ˈfoʊkə/

Inflections: Plural phocas, phocae Brit.

/ˈfəʊsi/, U.S.

/ˈfoʊsi/.

Forms: 1500s phocases (plural, irregular), 1600s– phoca.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin phōca.

Etymology: < classical Latin phōca seal < ancient Greek ϕώκη, of unknown origin. Compare Middle French, French phoque (1573, 1532 as focque; subsequently from 1764), Old Occitan focca (c1350), Spanish foca (1439), Italian foca (a1333).Compare also Older Scots phok seal (one isolated attestation; < Middle French phoque):c1586 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 40 Strong ourks and phoks and monsters..From seis.

Zoology.

Originally: a seal. Later: any of several seals of the genus Phoca (family Phocidae), which includes the common or harbour seal. Now only (in form Phoca): the genus itself.Adopted as a genus name by Linnaeus in Systema Naturæ (1735). Valid publication: Linnaeus Systema Naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) I. 37.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Phocidae > seal

sealc893

sea-seala1398

seal-fishc1420

sea-veal1576

phoca1594

sea tun1601

sea-calf1616

rubb1694

swile1802

tang-fish1809

sea-pig1826

earless seal1833

phocacean1842

phocid1871

floe-flat1883

phocine1890

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 158^v Þe fysshe þat hatte foca and þe fysshe þat hat delphinus.]

1594 J. Dickenson Arisbas sig. B2^v Dolphins to wafte her Chariot, Phocæ to gard her, and the Tritons to sound her Maiestie.

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 57 Neptunes Phocases, that scard the horses of Hippolitus.

1678 J. Dryden All for Love i. 1 Here monstrous Phocæ panted on the Shore.

1767 Philos. Trans. 1766 (Royal Soc.) 56 196 The phocæ of every kind are under an absolute necessity of making the land their principal residence.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. iv. 493 The Phocæ also rising from the waves.

1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 3 389 M. Riegels intends successively to treat..on rats, the phocas, the mole, the frog and lizard.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. i. 27 A Phoca, or seal, lying asleep on the beach.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 488 The deepest tones are struck by animals that have the largest glottis, as the phoca, the ox, the ardea stellaria.

1849 J. F. Cooper Sea Lions I. vi. 78 The schooner was to go after seals, sea-lions, sea-elephants, and all animals of the genus phoca.

1880 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 9 32 The Dogong and other varieties of the Phocæ are meant to be indicated by the aboriginal sculptor.

1906 Science 20 July 91/2 In fact the brain case and occipital region of the skull resemble that of the modern Phoca closely.

1947 Ecol. Monogr. 17 272/1 Food for fishes, some of which at least are preyed on by the harbor seal (Phoca) and some consumed by man.

1991 R. M. Nowak Walker's Mammals of World (ed. 5) II. 1266/2 Seals of the genus Phoca are the most abundant pinnipeds of the Northern Hemisphere.

Derivatives

† phocacean n. and adj. Obsolete (a) n. a mammal of the former division Phocacea; a seal; (b) adj. of or relating to the former division Phocacea, which comprised the seals.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Phocidae > seal

sealc893

sea-seala1398

seal-fishc1420

sea-veal1576

phoca1594

sea tun1601

sea-calf1616

rubb1694

swile1802

tang-fish1809

sea-pig1826

earless seal1833

phocacean1842

phocid1871

floe-flat1883

phocine1890

1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 922/1 Phocaceans, Phocacea, or Seal Tribe, the name of the family of carnivorous and amphibious Mammals of which the seal (Phoca) is the type.

1890 Cent. Dict. Phocacean, of or pertaining to the genus Phoca in a broad sense.

† phocaceous adj. Obsolete rare = phocacean n. and adj. (b).Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [adjective] > of or relating to Phocidae or seal

phocine?a1808

phocal1854

phocaceous1858

phocid1930

1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 944/1 Phocaceus,..phocaceous.

† phocal adj. Obsolete of, relating to, or characteristic of seals.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [adjective] > of or relating to Phocidae or seal

phocine?a1808

phocal1854

phocaceous1858

phocid1930

1854 R. Owen Principal Forms Skeleton & Teeth 159 The walrus, the skeleton of which is here selected to exemplify the phocal modification of the mammalian skeleton.

1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 351 This is..in favour of a mammalian, and of a phocal nature.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	phoca
释义	phocan. Brit. /ˈfəʊkə/, U.S. /ˈfoʊkə/ Inflections: Plural phocas, phocae Brit. /ˈfəʊsi/, U.S. /ˈfoʊsi/. Forms: 1500s phocases (plural, irregular), 1600s– phoca. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin phōca. Etymology: < classical Latin phōca seal < ancient Greek ϕώκη, of unknown origin. Compare Middle French, French phoque (1573, 1532 as focque; subsequently from 1764), Old Occitan focca (c1350), Spanish foca (1439), Italian foca (a1333).Compare also Older Scots phok seal (one isolated attestation; < Middle French phoque):c1586 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 40 Strong ourks and phoks and monsters..From seis. Zoology. Originally: a seal. Later: any of several seals of the genus Phoca (family Phocidae), which includes the common or harbour seal. Now only (in form Phoca): the genus itself.Adopted as a genus name by Linnaeus in Systema Naturæ (1735). Valid publication: Linnaeus Systema Naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) I. 37. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Phocidae > seal sealc893 sea-seala1398 seal-fishc1420 sea-veal1576 phoca1594 sea tun1601 sea-calf1616 rubb1694 swile1802 tang-fish1809 sea-pig1826 earless seal1833 phocacean1842 phocid1871 floe-flat1883 phocine1890 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 158^v Þe fysshe þat hatte foca and þe fysshe þat hat delphinus.] 1594 J. Dickenson Arisbas sig. B2^v Dolphins to wafte her Chariot, Phocæ to gard her, and the Tritons to sound her Maiestie. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 57 Neptunes Phocases, that scard the horses of Hippolitus. 1678 J. Dryden All for Love i. 1 Here monstrous Phocæ panted on the Shore. 1767 Philos. Trans. 1766 (Royal Soc.) 56 196 The phocæ of every kind are under an absolute necessity of making the land their principal residence. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. iv. 493 The Phocæ also rising from the waves. 1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 3 389 M. Riegels intends successively to treat..on rats, the phocas, the mole, the frog and lizard. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. i. 27 A Phoca, or seal, lying asleep on the beach. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 488 The deepest tones are struck by animals that have the largest glottis, as the phoca, the ox, the ardea stellaria. 1849 J. F. Cooper Sea Lions I. vi. 78 The schooner was to go after seals, sea-lions, sea-elephants, and all animals of the genus phoca. 1880 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 9 32 The Dogong and other varieties of the Phocæ are meant to be indicated by the aboriginal sculptor. 1906 Science 20 July 91/2 In fact the brain case and occipital region of the skull resemble that of the modern Phoca closely. 1947 Ecol. Monogr. 17 272/1 Food for fishes, some of which at least are preyed on by the harbor seal (Phoca) and some consumed by man. 1991 R. M. Nowak Walker's Mammals of World (ed. 5) II. 1266/2 Seals of the genus Phoca are the most abundant pinnipeds of the Northern Hemisphere. Derivatives † phocacean n. and adj. Obsolete (a) n. a mammal of the former division Phocacea; a seal; (b) adj. of or relating to the former division Phocacea, which comprised the seals. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Phocidae > seal sealc893 sea-seala1398 seal-fishc1420 sea-veal1576 phoca1594 sea tun1601 sea-calf1616 rubb1694 swile1802 tang-fish1809 sea-pig1826 earless seal1833 phocacean1842 phocid1871 floe-flat1883 phocine1890 1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 922/1 Phocaceans, Phocacea, or Seal Tribe, the name of the family of carnivorous and amphibious Mammals of which the seal (Phoca) is the type. 1890 Cent. Dict. Phocacean, of or pertaining to the genus Phoca in a broad sense. † phocaceous adj. Obsolete rare = phocacean n. and adj. (b).Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [adjective] > of or relating to Phocidae or seal phocine?a1808 phocal1854 phocaceous1858 phocid1930 1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 944/1 Phocaceus,..phocaceous. † phocal adj. Obsolete of, relating to, or characteristic of seals. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [adjective] > of or relating to Phocidae or seal phocine?a1808 phocal1854 phocaceous1858 phocid1930 1854 R. Owen Principal Forms Skeleton & Teeth 159 The walrus, the skeleton of which is here selected to exemplify the phocal modification of the mammalian skeleton. 1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 351 This is..in favour of a mammalian, and of a phocal nature. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1594
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