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por·poise  (pôrps)

n. pl. porpoise or por·pois·es

1. Any of several gregarious toothed whales of the genus Phocaena and related genera, of oceanic waters, characteristically having a blunt snout and a triangular dorsal fin. Also called sea hog.

2. Any of several related aquatic mammals, such as the dolphin.

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[Middle English porpeis, from Old French (probably translation of a Germanic compound meaning sea-pig) : porc, pig (from Latin porcus; see porko- in Indo-European roots) + peis, fish (from Latin piscis).]

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porpoise

Noun

pl -poises or -poise a small mammal of the whale family with a blunt snout [Latin porcus pig + piscis fish]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

porpoise - any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth dolphin - any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises genus Phocoena, Phocoena - porpoises harbor porpoise, herring hog, Phocoena phocoena - the common porpoise of the northern Atlantic and Pacific Phocoena sinus, vaquita - a short porpoise that lives in the Gulf of California; an endangered species

Translations

porpoise [ˈpɔːpəs] n → marsopa

porpoise [ˈpɔːpəs] n → marsouin m

porpoise [ˈpɔːpəs] n → Tümmler m

porpoise [ˈpɔːpəs] n → focena

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porpoise

n porpoise [ˈpoːpəs]

a type of blunt-nosed sea animal of the dolphin family. seevark دُلْفين، خَنْزير البَحْر вид делфин sviňucha marsvin der Tümmler είδος θαλάσσιου θηλαστικού marsopa pringel پورپوس pyöriäinen marsouin סוּג דוֹלפִין, פּוֹקֶנָה सूस, शिंशुक, चुल्लकी pliskavica delfin lumba-lumba hnísa focena ねずみいるか 쥐돌고래, 참돌고래 jūrų kiaulė jūrascūka, cūkdelfīns ikan lumba-lumba bruinvis nise morświn golfinho delfin brun морская свинья sviňucha pliskavica vrsta delfina tumlare ปลาโลมา domuz balığı 海豚 бурий дельфін سوس، سنگ ماہي cá heo 海豚