The enigma of the landlocked Baikal and Caspian seals addressed through phylogeny of phocine mitochondrial sequences. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-12-01] Reference
When the mutual inspection, friendly glances, and exchange of civilities between the phocine and human tribes began to pall I told Nuredien to go full speed ahead to our usual spot. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
"There's phocine distemper that in Europe has wiped out a huge number of harbour seals," he said. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
"We were surprised when it came back negative for canine but positive for phocine distemper," Gill said. From Wordnik.com. Reference
I forgot another one: phocine. From Wordnik.com. [Making Light: Open thread 136] Reference
1921-1964 OsW Marine beasties supply ten animalines: cyprine carp 1828 O octopine octopus 1914 delphine dolphin 1828 OsW OW ostracine oyster 1890 delphinine dolphin O OW homarine lobster 1880 phocaenine porpoise OW 1890 OW manatine manatee OW phocine seal 1846 OW megapterine hump - back whale W Finally, beasts of the mind occupy the last three places in my extended corpus: basilicine basilisk 1855 sphinxine sphinx 1845. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IV No 1] Reference
1998 and 2002 outbreaks of phocine distemper virus, known to have killed thousands of seals, were linked to the deleterious effects of pollution on the seals 'ability to fight the infection. From Wordnik.com. [Signs of the Times] Reference
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