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porpoise Definition


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porpoise
noun
    1. A beakless whale, smaller than a dolphin, with a blunt snout, found in northern coastal waters and around the coasts of S America and SE Asia.
    2. loosely
Etymology: 14c: from Latin porcuspiscis, from porcus pig + piscis fish.



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