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Meanings of
porpoise
(porpoises)
in English
Russian
морские свиньи
Portuguese
porpoise
Spanish
phocoenidae
Catalan
marsopa
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Small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae.
mereswine
phocoenidae
Related terms
porpoises
taxon
Russian
морские свиньи
No examples available for any of the synonyms
Usage of
porpoises
in English
1
These are therefore candidate parameters to assess health status of wild
porpoises
.
2
Almost 400 dolphins and
porpoises
were spotted off Wales' coastlines last year.
3
Some were terrible and had faces like those of makaras and
porpoises
.
4
He exhibited in it living sharks,
porpoises
,
sea-horses and many rare fishes.
5
As much splashing as the
porpoises
made who gambolled at a distance.
6
A number of
porpoises
,
some of the older attended by their young.
7
A suborder, Odontoceti, includes most smaller whales and all dolphins and
porpoises
.
8
There were two performing
porpoises
,
and a guide who conducted a tour.
9
Do you take our vessel for a wreck and us for
porpoises
?
10
The shoal went its way, and after it the harmless
porpoises
.
11
Conservationists said 320 whales, dolphins and
porpoises
were spotted off the Yorkshire coast.
12
They told me, 'your call may be monitored for training
porpoises
.
'
13
Something out of the ordinary is going on among those
porpoises
.
14
Similarly, the Firth of Clyde once abounded with fish, shellfish, whales and
porpoises
.
15
They were all blowing like
porpoises
and regarded each other as mortal enemies.
16
A row of
porpoises
trundled along like a procession of cog-wheels.
Other examples for "porpoises"
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About this term
porpoises
porpoise
Noun
Plural
Frequent collocations
say the porpoises
young porpoises
few porpoises
look for porpoises
be porpoises
More collocations
Translations for
porpoises
Russian
морские свиньи
phocoenidae
Portuguese
porpoise
Spanish
phocoenidae
Catalan
marsopa
phocoenidae
Porpoises
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Porpoises
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