2. Verb. (third-person singular of porpoise) ¹
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Definition of Porpoises
1. porpoise [v] - See also: porpoise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Porpoises
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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