porpoise Definition
por·poise (pôr′pəs)
noun pl. -·poises or -·poise
- any of a family (Phocoenidae) of small, usually gregarious toothed whales found in most seas, with a torpedo-shaped body and a blunt snout
- a dolphin or any of several small whales
Etymology: ME porpoys < OFr porpeis, lit., swine fish < L porcus, pig (see farrow) + piscis, fish
porpoise Usage Examples
Converse of object
- strand: Further evidence comes from analyzes of over a thousand dolphins and porpoises stranded around the UK.
- see: They belong to common porpoises often seen following the fish in the summer months.
- find: Dead porpoise found Flats on service station scheme is.. .
- include: From fish or marine mammals ( including porpoises ).
- harbor: There have been sightings of dolphins, or are they harbor porpoise, here for years.
- spot: We headed back and about 10ft from where we were searching Andrew Cordiner spotted the porpoise.
Preposition: in
- net: The death of dolphins and porpoises in fishing nets is not only a conservation issue, but also a critical welfare matter.
- region: Potential limits to anthropogenic mortality for harbor porpoises in the Baltic region.
Adjective modifier
- dead: Dead porpoise found Flats on service station scheme is.. .
- common: On the 13th February 2001 a common porpoise was washed up on Bexhill on Sea.
- small: Threats Because they are small, porpoises can be caught in fishing nets and then they drown.
- lone: A lone Porpoise was seen near bye heading south west.
Modifies a noun
- sighting: With 21 days at sea during July we have enjoyed porpoise sightings on almost every cruise.
- population: Offshore gill netting was estimated to be catching between 2.5 % and 9.7 % of the porpoise population in the Celtic Sea in 1994.
- bycatch: In particular, the harbor porpoise bycatch from bottom-set gill nets is estimated to be over 7000 animals annually in the North Sea.
- death: Apparently Devon and Cornwall are two of the worst counties in Britain for whale, dolphin and porpoise deaths.
- skin: I clothed you with embroidered cloth and I put sandals of porpoise skin on your feet.
- survey: Specializing mainly in harbor porpoises he has the longest running porpoise survey worldwide.
Noun used with modifier
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