How to pronounce phocine
American English pronunciation
FOH-syne
- IPA
- /ˈfoʊsaɪn/
- Syllables
- FOH · syne (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
- Also said
- FOH-sin
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What phocine means
Having to do with seals
In a sentence: The zoo built a cold, deep pool for its phocine guests, two gray seals.
Where it comes from: It comes from Latin phoca, a seal, which was taken from the Greek word for a seal.
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