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porpoise 音标拼音: [p'ɔrpəs] n. 海豚,小鲸 海豚,小鲸 porpoise n 1: any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth Porpoise \Por"poise\, n. [OE. porpeys, OF. porpeis, literally, hog fish, from L. porcus swine piscis fish. See {Pork}, and {Fish}.] 1. (Zool.) 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. (Zool.) A true dolphin ({Delphinus}); -- often so called by sailors. [1913 Webster] {Skunk porpoise}, or {Bay porpoise} (Zool.), 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] 30 Moby Thesaurus words for "porpoise":
Loch Ness monster, alevin, benthon, benthos, cetacean, dolphin, fingerling, fish, fry, game fish, grilse, kipper, man-eater, man-eating shark, marine animal, minnow, minny, nekton, panfish, plankton, salmon, sea monster, sea pig, sea serpent, sea snake, shark, smolt, sponge, tropical fish, whale
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