por·poise (pôr p s)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. [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).] |
porpoise [ˈpɔːpəs]
n pl -poises, -poise
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various small cetacean mammals of the genus Phocaena and related genera, having a blunt snout and many teeth: family Delphinidae (or Phocaenidae)
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) (not in technical use) any of various related cetaceans, esp the dolphin
[from French pourpois, from Medieval Latin porcopiscus (from Latin porcus pig + piscis fish), replacing Latin porcus marīnus sea pig]
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| Noun | 1. |  porpoise - any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teethdolphin - 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 |
porpoise noun
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porpoise
n → Tümmler m
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 (쥐) 돌고래 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
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