[ˈfəʊsʌɪn], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- relating to or affecting the true (earless) seals
(e.g: phocine distemper virus)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 19th century: from modern Latin Phoca, genus name (from Greek phōkē ‘seal’) + -ine; partly after modern Latin Phocinae (subfamily name)