| Noun | 1. | Phocidae - earless seals mammal family - a family of mammals Pinnipedia, suborder Pinnipedia - seals; sea lions; walruses earless seal, hair seal, true seal - any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers genus Phoca, Phoca - type genus of the Phocidae: earless seals genus Pagophilus, Pagophilus - harp seals genus Mirounga, Mirounga - elephant seals Erignathus, genus Erignathus - bearded seals Cystophora, genus Cystophora - hooded seals |