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Pho"cal (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Pertaining to seals.

Pho*cen"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; a porpoise.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to dolphin oil or porpoise oil; - - said of an acid (called also delphinic acid) subsequently found to be identical with valeric acid. Watts.

Pho*ce"nin (?), n. [Cf. F. phocÈnine.] (Chem.) See Delphin.

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Pho"cine (?), a. [L. phoca a seal.] (Zoˆl.) Of or pertaining to the seal tribe; phocal.

Pho"co*dont (?), n. (Zoˆl.) One of the Phocodontia.

||Pho`co*don"ti*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a seal + &?;, &?;, a ||tooth.] (Zoˆl.) A group of extinct carnivorous whales. Their teeth ||had compressed and serrated crowns. It includes Squalodon and allied ||genera.

Phú"be (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The pewee, or pewit.

Phú"bus (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; pure, bright.] 1. (Class. Myth.) Apollo; the sun god.

2. The sun. "Phúbus 'gins arise." Shak.

Phú*ni"cian (?), a. Of or pertaining to Phúnica. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Phúnica.

Phú*ni"cious (?), a. See Phenicious.

||Phú`ni*cop"te*rus (?), n. [NL. See Phenicopter.] (Zoˆl.) A genus of ||birds which includes the flamingoes.

||Phú"nix (?), n. [L., a fabulous bird. See Phenix.] 1. Same as Phenix. ||Shak.

2. (Bot.) A genus of palms including the date tree.

Pho"lad (?), n. (Zoˆl.) Any species of Pholas.

Pho*la"de*an (?), n. (Zoˆl.) Pholad.

||Pho"las (?), n.; pl. Pholades (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, a kind of ||mollusk.] (Zoˆl.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve ||mollusks of the genus Pholas, or family PholadidÊ. They bore holes ||for themselves in clay, peat, and soft rocks.

Pho"nal (?), a.[Gr. &?; the voice.] Of or relating to the voice; as, phonal structure. Max M¸ller.

Pho`nas*cet"ics (?), n. [Gr. &?; to practice the voice; &?; voice + &?; to practice.] Treatment for restoring or improving the voice.

Pho*na"tion (?), n. [Gr. &?; the voice.] The act or process by which articulate sounds are uttered; the utterance of articulate sounds; articulate speech.

Pho*nau"to*graph (?), n. [Phono- + Gr. &?; self + -graph.] (Physics) An instrument by means of which a sound can be made to produce a visible trace or record of itself. It consists essentially of a resonant vessel, usually of paraboloidal form, closed at one end by a flexible membrane. A stylus attached to some point of the membrane records the movements of the latter, as it vibrates, upon a moving cylinder or plate.

Pho*nei"do*scope (?), n. [Phono- + Gr. &?; form + -scope.] (Physics) An instrument for studying the motions of sounding bodies by optical means. It consists of a tube across the end of which is stretched a film of soap solution thin enough to give colored bands, the form and position of which are affected by sonorous vibrations.

Pho*net"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; a sound, tone; akin to Gr. &?; to speak: cf. F. phonÈtique. See Ban a proclamation.] 1. Of or pertaining to the voice, or its use.

2. Representing sounds; as, phonetic characters; -- opposed to ideographic; as, a phonetic notation.

Phonetic spelling, spelling in phonetic characters, each representing one sound only; -- contrasted with Romanic spelling, or that by the use of the Roman alphabet.

Pho*net"ic*al*ly, adv. In a phonetic manner.

Pho`ne*ti"cian (?), n. One versed in phonetics; a phonetist.