phocal

English

Pronunciation

Homophone: foca

Adjective

phocal (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Pertaining to seals

   Synonym: phocine

   • 1885, Gordon Stables, Wild Adventures round the Pole:

     they wended their way westward to fields of blood and phocal carnage

References

• phocal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913