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Definition of Porpesses
1. porpess [n] - See also: porpess
Lexicographical Neighbors of Porpesses
Literary usage of Porpesses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Star Chamber: Notices of the Court and Its Proceedings; with a Few by John Southerden Burn (1870)
"... Pike, Flounders, Soles, porpesses, Butter and Eggs, Strawberries, Flour, Salt,
Herbs, Spices, ..."
2. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"It has been remarked that when the porpesses are gamboling in the spring and summer,
... The shoals of porpesses on the west coast of Ireland are said to be ..."
3. A Year at the Shore by Philip Henry Gosse (1865)
"A number of sharks had recently appeared in the offing, which frightened away
the shoals of porpesses, which ordinarily came to feed on the fishes, ..."
4. Useful Knowledge: Or, A Familiar Account of the Various Productions of by William Bingley (1821)
"In most of their habits the porpesses have a near resemblance to the dolphin,
but they are not so active. They generally associate in troops of from six or ..."
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