Definition of Porpoises

1. Noun. (plural of porpoise) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of porpoise) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Porpoises

1. porpoise [v] - See also: porpoise

Lexicographical Neighbors of Porpoises

porphyrizations
porphyrize
porphyrized
porphyrizes
porphyrizing
porphyroblast
porphyroblasts
porphyrogenitism
porphyrogeniture
porphyropsin
porphyropsins
porphyry
porpoise
porpoise oil
porpoised
porpoises (current term)
porpoising
porpus
porpuses
porraceous
porrect
porrected
porrecting
porrection
porrections
porrects
porret
porrets
porridge
porridgelike

Literary usage of Porpoises

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1888)
"About 2000 porpoises are reported so have been captured during a single season. ... Whales, porpoises, and seals were reckoned as fish in the early days, ..."

2. American Animals: A Popular Guide to the Mammals of North America North of by Witmer Stone, William Everett Cram (1902)
"Both dolphins and porpoises have a well-developed fin on the back and with one exception (the Grampus} have a large number of sharp teeth in both jaws. ..."

3. American Animals: A Popular Guide to the Mammals of North America North of by Witmer Stone, William Everett Cram (1902)
"Both dolphins and porpoises have a well-developed fin on the back and with one exception (the Grampus) have a large number of sharp teeth in both jaws. ..."

4. Men and Times of the Revolution: Or, Memoirs of Elkanah Watson, Includng by Elkanah Watson, Winslow Cossoul Watson (1856)
"Sail for Europe — St. George's Banks — porpoises—Whales— ... Some hump-backed whales appeared, and numerous shoals of porpoises were gamboling and playing ..."

5. Curiosities of Natural History by Francis Trevelyan Buckland (1882)
"FISHING FOR porpoises.-VOL. I. PAGE 322. I have often thought what capital fun it would bo ... Mr. Bartlett tells me that besides the porpoises mentioned in ..."

6. Adventure Guide to the Alaska Highway by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"porpoises Ball's Porpoise Ball's Porpoise, which grow to a maximum size of ... Extremely fast swimmers, able to top 35 miles per hour, Ball's porpoises will ..."

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