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porpoise Definition

por·poise (pôr′pəs)

noun pl. -·poises or -·poise

  1. any of a family (Phocoenidae) of small, usually gregarious toothed whales found in most seas, with a torpedo-shaped body and a blunt snout
  2. 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

  • harbor: Populations of harbor porpoises in EU waters are under threat.
  • harbor: Relationships between polychlorinated biphenyls and health status in harbor porpoises ( Phocoena phocoena ) stranded in the United Kingdom.