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sea hog

 
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–noun
a porpoise.
Origin:
1570–80
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por·poise   (pôr'pəs)   
n.   pl. porpoise or por·pois·es

  1. Any of several gregarious toothed whales of the genus Phocaena and related genera, of oceanic waters, characteristically having a blunt snout and a triangular dorsal fin. Also called sea hog.

  2. Any of several related aquatic mammals, such as the dolphin.


[Middle English porpeis, from Old French (probably translation of a Germanic compound meaning sea-pig) : porc, pig (from Latin porcus; see porko- in Indo-European roots) + peis, fish (from Latin piscis).]
sea hog  
n.  See porpoise.
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