English
Etymology
From Latin phoca �seal�, from Greek ��κη.
Pronunciation
IPA: /'f��s�ɪn/
Adjective
phocine
- pertaining to a seal; seallike
#:*1955: she had already yanked out of me the coveted section and retreated to her mat near her phocine mamma. � Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
Category:English adjectives
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