phocine /ˈfəʊsʌɪn/adjective 1noun 1forms 3 adjective1 •Pertaining to true seals (also known as earless seals, as opposed to eared seals such as sea lions); seallike.He telegraphed to the whaling ports of New England, and sent messages to San Francisco and Alaska, to know if a group of sea lions and other specimens of the phocine tribe could be secured. — 1871 noun1 •A member of the subfamily Phocinae, comprising the "true" or "earless" seals.Phocines anchor their hands by flexing their fingers, digging them into the substrate, and then pulling their body forward by elbow and shoulder flexion. — 2007 formsphocines · more phocine · most phocine
