porpoise
11porpoise — [14] The porpoise is etymologically the ‘pig fish’. The word comes via Old French porpois from Vulgar Latin *porcopiscis, a compound formed from porcus ‘pig’ (source of English pork) and piscis ‘fish’ (a relative of English fish) and based on the …
12porpoise — UK [ˈpɔː(r)pəs] / US [ˈpɔrpəs] noun [countable] Word forms porpoise : singular porpoise plural porpoises a large sea animal, similar to a dolphin, that comes to the surface to breathe air …
13porpoise — [14] The porpoise is etymologically the ‘pig fish’. The word comes via Old French porpois from Vulgar Latin *porcopiscis, a compound formed from porcus ‘pig’ (source of English pork) and piscis ‘fish’ (a relative of English fish) and based on the …
14porpoise — [[t]pɔ͟ː(r)pəs[/t]] porpoises N COUNT A porpoise is a sea animal that looks like a large grey fish. Porpoises usually swim about in groups …
15porpoise — [ pɔ:pəs, pɔɪs] noun a small toothed whale with a low triangular dorsal fin and a blunt rounded snout. [Phocoena phocoena (harbour porpoise) and other species, family Phocoenidae.] Origin ME: from OFr. porpois, based on L. porcus pig + piscis… …
16porpoise — por•poise [[t]ˈpɔr pəs[/t]] n. pl. (esp. collectively) poise, (esp. for kinds or species) pois•es 1) mam any of certain toothed cetaceans of the family Delphinidae having a blunt, rounded snout, esp. of the genus Phocoena, as the common porpoise …
17Porpoise-Klasse (1933) — Porpoise Klasse Allgemeine Daten Schiffstyp …
18Porpoise Bay, Antarctica — Porpoise Bay (coord|66|30|S|128|30|E|) is an ice filled embayment about 90 miles wide indenting the coast of Antarctica between Cape Goodenough and Cape Morse. The United States Exploring Expedition (1838 42) under Charles Wilkes applied the name …
19Porpoise class submarine — can refer to:* The British Grampus class of six submarines launched in the 1930s is sometimes called the Porpoise class * The British Porpoise class of eight submarines launched in the 1950s * The United States Porpoise class of ten submarines… …
20Porpoise (disambiguation) — Porpoise may refer to: *Porpoise, a marine mammal *Porpoise (make of scuba gear) *Porpoise, a class of submarines …
