phocine in English
adjective
1
of, relating to, or affecting the true (earless) seals.
Empirical study of behavior can help prevent disease in species of conservation concern like phocine distemper in grey seals.
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1. In 1998 and 2002, phocine distemper virus killed thousands of harbour seals in northern Europe, and at the time many blamed pollutants for impairing the animals' ability to fight off the infection.