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porpoise
UK /ˈpɔːpəs/ US /ˈpɔːɹpəs/
noun 2verb 2
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2ADJ.
all, endemic
PORPOISE + NOUN
species
Definitions
noun
1
Any small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to dolphins and whales.
Near-synonyms: sea hog, sea pig, seaswine, mereswine
They captured 25 porpoises and set them free back into the Yangtze after raising them for a month in Puqi County, Hubei.
2
Any small dolphin.
verb
1
Said of an air-breathing aquatic animal such as a porpoise or penguin: To repeatedly jump out of the water to take a breath and dive back in a continuous motion.
Urging them to join me, I raced in circles through the surging water, chased my tail for the children, blew spouts of foam through the sunfilled spray, porpoised to and fro across the river in shallow leaps that stitched the air and water into a table-lace of foam.
2
Said of an aircraft: to make a series of plunges when taking off or landing; or of a watercraft: to successively plunge up and down in the water.
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Near-synonyms: sea hog, sea pig, seaswine, mereswine
Wiktionary02
They captured 25 porpoises and set them free back into the Yangtze after raising them for a month in Puqi County, Hubei.
Wiktionary03
Urging them to join me, I raced in circles through the surging water, chased my tail for the children, blew spouts of foam through the sunfilled spray, porpoised to and fro across the river in shallow
Wiktionary04
The vaquita is a porpoise species endemic to Mexico, living in the northern end of the Gulf of California, and is considered to be in danger of extinction.
Tatoeba · #1061941105
Human and elephant, mouse and porpoise, all have three small bones in their middle ear — the hammer, the anvil, and the stirrup.
Tatoeba · #11257457Usage Notes
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