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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: harbor porpoise
harbor porpoise
n : the common porpoise of the northern Atlantic and Pacific
[syn:
herring hog,
Phocaena phocaena]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: harbor porpoise
Porpoise
\Por"poise\, n. [OE. porpeys, OF. porpeis, literally,
hog fish, from L. porcus swine + piscis fish. See
Pork, and
Fish.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any small cetacean of the genus
Phoc[ae]na,
especially
Phoc[ae]na communis, or
Phoc[ae]na phoc[ae]na
, of Europe, and the closely allied American
species (
Phoc[ae]na Americana). The color is dusky or
blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to
the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also
harbor porpoise,
herring hag,
puffing pig, and
snuffer.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zo["o]l.) A true dolphin (
Delphinus); -- often so
called by sailors.
[1913 Webster]
Skunk porpoise, or
Bay porpoise (Zo["o]l.), a North
American porpoise (
Lagenorhynchus acutus), larger than
the common species, and with broad stripes of white and
yellow on the sides. See Illustration in Appendix.
[1913 Webster]
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