Meaning Of The Word Porpoise

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porpoise
countable noun: A porpoise is a sea animal that looks like a large grey fish. Porpoises usually swim about in groups.

porpoise in American English
any of a family (Phocoenidae) of small, usually gregarious toothed whales found in most seas, with a torpedo-shaped body and a blunt snout

porpoise in American Englishesp referring to two or more kinds or species
noun: any of several small, gregarious cetaceans of the genus Phocoena, usually blackish above and paler beneath, and having a blunt, rounded snout, esp. the common porpoise, P. phocoena, of both the North Atlantic and Pacific

porpoise in British English
noun: any of various small cetacean mammals of the genus Phocaena and related genera, having a blunt snout and many teeth: family Delphinidae (or Phocaenidae)

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