foca

seal (animal belonging to the Pinnipedia parvorder of semi-aquatic marine mammals); seal skin; whale (fat person)

“Con fieras anſias, con mayor trabajo, La Foca ſepultaua la grandeza Del monſtruoſo cuerpo entre las olas, Si bien moſtraua ya las fuentes ſolas.” — The Filomena with Other Diverse Rhymes, Proses and Verses

Etymology tree Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē)bor. Latin phōcalbor. Old Spanish phoca Spanish foca Inherited from Old Spanish phoca, a learned borrowing from Latin phōca, from Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē).