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Meaning of "phocine" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PHOCINE

Ultimately from Greek phōkē a seal.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PHOCINE

phocine  [ˈfəʊsaɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHOCINE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Phocine is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PHOCINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

List of animal names

Many animals, particularly domesticated, have been given specific names for males, females, young, and groups. The best known source of many of the bizarre words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans, an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Dame Juliana Berners. Most terms used here may be found in common dictionaries and general information web sites.

Definition of phocine in the English dictionary

The definition of phocine in the dictionary is of, relating to, or resembling a seal. Other definition of phocine is of, relating to, or belonging to the Phocinae, a subfamily that includes the harbour seal and grey seal.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHOCINE


arccosine
ˌɑːkˈkəʊsaɪn
arcsin
ˈɑːkˌsaɪn
assign
əˈsaɪn
consign
kənˈsaɪn
cosign
kəʊˈsaɪn
cosine
ˈkəʊˌsaɪn
countersign
ˈkaʊntəˌsaɪn
ensign
ˈɛnsaɪn
inosine
ˈɪnəˌsaɪn
internecine
ˌɪntəˈniːsaɪn
piscine
ˈpɪsaɪn
porcine
ˈpɔːsaɪn
re-sign
riːˈsaɪn
rusine
ˈruːsaɪn
sign
saɪn
sine
saɪn
syn
saɪn
thylacine
ˈθaɪləˌsaɪn
ursine
ˈɜːsaɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHOCINE

pho
phobia
phobic
phobism
phobist
Phobos
Phocaea
Phocis
phocomelia
phocomelic
phocomely
phoebe
Phoebus
Phoebus Apollo
Phoenices
Phoenicia
Phoenician
Phoenician juniper
phoenix

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHOCINE

alternative medicine
Chinese medicine
crocine
cyclazocine
fettucine
glycine
herbal medicine
internal medicine
leucine
medicine
nuclear medicine
occupational medicine
pentazocine
physical medicine
preventive medicine
Racine
sports medicine
telecine
vaccine
veterinary medicine

Synonyms and antonyms of phocine in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «phocine» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHOCINE

Find out the translation of phocine to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of phocine from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «phocine» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

海豹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Focino
570 millions of speakers

English

phocine
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

phocine
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

phocine
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

phocine
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

phocine
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

phocine
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

phocine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Phocine
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

phocine
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

phocine
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

phocine
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Phocine
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

phocine
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சீல் ´என்னும் கடல் நாய் போன்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फॉस्इन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

phocine
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

phocine
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

phocine
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

phocine
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

phocine
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

phocine
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

phocine
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

phocine
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

phocine
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of phocine

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHOCINE»

The term «phocine» is used very little and occupies the 177.550 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHOCINE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «phocine» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «phocine» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about phocine

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHOCINE»

Discover the use of phocine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phocine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Infectious Diseases of Wild Mammals and Birds in Europe
Hammond, J.A., Pomeroy, P.P., Hall, A.J. & Smith, V.J. Identification and real-time PCR quantification of phocine distemper virus from two colonies of Scottish grey seals in 2002. Journal of General Virology. 2005;86:2563–7. Rijks, J.M., van de ...
Dolorés Gavier-Widen, Anna Meredith, J. Paul Duff, 2012
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Veterinary Virology
Phocine, Dolphin, and Porpoise Distemper In 1987 and 1988, serious disease outbreaks were observed among the seal populations of Lake Baikal and along the sea shores of the Baltic and North Sea (western Europe), respectively.
Frederick A. Murphy, E. Paul J. Gibbs, Marian C. Horzinek, 1999
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Infectious Diseases of Wild Mammals
porpoise morbilliviruses are genetically distinct from phocine distemper virus. Wrology 193: 1010-1012. Bengston, J .L., P Boveng, U. Franzen, P Have, M.-P HeideJ orgensen, and TL. Harkonen. 1991. Antibodies to canine distemper virus in ...
Elizabeth S. Williams, Ian K. Barker, 2008
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Health of Antarctic Wildlife: A Challenge for Science and Policy
... 303-04 survival in Antarctic environments, 295-8, 389 see also CCANILR secretariat PCBs see polychlorinated biphenyls PCR amplification see polymerase chain reaction amplification PDV see phocine distemper virus penguins, and avian ...
Knowles R. Kerry, Martin Riddle, 2009
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Toxicology of Marine Mammals
Examples of this are: influenza in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) (Geraci and St. Aubin, 1982); phocine distemper in harbor seals (Kennedy et al., 1988; Osterhaus 1988); and morbilliviral disease in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), and ...
Joseph G. Vos, Gregory Bossart, Michel Fournier, 2003
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Modeling Infectious Diseases in Humans and Animals
Phocine Distemper Virus In 1988, an epidemic of phocine distemper devastated the harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) populations in the North Sea (Dietz et al. 1989). Starting in Anholt, Denmark, in early April, the disease spread in a wave-like ...
Matt J. Keeling, Pejman Rohani, 2011
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Marine Mammals: Biology and Conservation
However, the heightened mortality of September 1991 to April 1992 was associated with a higher prevalence of phocine distemper virus (PDV) antibodies in those animals and coincided with morbillivirus disease in seals from the northeast ...
Peter G.H. Evans, Juan Antonio Raga, 2001
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Molecular Diagnostics
A real-time and quantitative TaqMan assay was developed for this phocine herpes virus (PhHV). The virus can be grown relatively easily in cell culture and, hence, is available in sheer unlimited amounts. Also, a universal RNA virus was ...
George Patrinos, Wilhelm Ansorge, 2009
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Veterinary Microbiology
Morbilliviruses of Aquatic Mammals (Phocine Distemper and Cetacean Morbilliviruses) A number of epidemics in pinnipeds and cetaceans have been determined to be due to morbillivirus infections. Phocine distemper is an infectious disease ...
D. Scott McVey, Melissa Kennedy, M. M. Chengappa, 2013
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Rinderpest and Peste des Petits Ruminants: Virus Plagues of ...
Phocine. distemper. virus. Morbilliviruses have also been isolated from marine mammals, including members of the family Pinnipedia (seals) and the order Cetacea (whales, porpoises and dolphins) (Barrett and Rima, 2002). The first ...
William P. Taylor, Thomas Barrett, Paul-Pierre Pastoret, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHOCINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term phocine is used in the context of the following news items.
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Gulls, turtles and seals, three marine triumphs
However, seals were then hit hard in the 1980s by a disease called phocine distemper, which causes uncontrollable periodic population ... «Surfbirds News, Jul 15»
2
Minnesota Zoo Seeks NOAA Approval to Conduct Research on …
... canine distemper virus, and phocine distemper virus in seals previously vaccinated; and (2) testing various sedatives to inform use in the wild ... «Targeted News Service, Jul 15»
3
Bizarre seal deaths on British shores featuring 'corkscrew' injuries
Outbreaks of the phocine distemper virus in 1988 and 2002 resulted in losses of around 20 per cent. Numbers have made a slow recovery ... «Daily Mail, Feb 15»
4
Measles Virus is Particularly Potent
In 2013 and 2014, more than 1,000 bottlenose dolphins were killed by a periodic outbreak of a type of Phocine distemper, caused by, you ... «The Vineyard Gazette - Martha's Vineyard News, Feb 15»
5
Personal Statement: On words and adoring them
... densely peppered with footnotes which even still couldn't elucidate words like phocine (seal-like) and favonian (of a western wind). I started a ... «The Michigan Daily, Jan 15»
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Dead Seals In Germany May Have Had Virus, Hunters Called In To …
Phocine distemper virus or flu viruses could be the cause with devasting results as seals lie close to one another on sand banks thus facilitating ... «Worldcrunch, Oct 14»
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Animal Disease Spread Spells Bad News for Human Health
A snoozing sea otter in Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska. In the past 10 years, otters in this area have contracted phocine distemper virus, ... «The Weather Channel, Jul 14»
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Spelling Bee semifinals winnow spellers to 12
Other winning words included hermeneutics, phocine, colloque, cadelle, and vigneron. Some spellers looked astonished that they remembered ... «Anderson Independent Mail, May 14»
9
The terrible legacy of Agent Orange and dioxin
The underlying cause of death was found to be an infection with Phocine distemper virus. However it is thought that PCB exposure contributed ... «Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal, Dec 13»
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Human activity is linked to mass dolphin deaths (Includes interview)
... she said, plus "outbreaks of other diseases, in cetaceans and pinnipeds," such as "brucellosis, domoic acid poisoning, phocine distemper. «DigitalJournal.com, Oct 13»

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