porpoise in Arabic

Arabic words for porpoise

porpoise family

خِنْزِير الْبَحْر ḵinzīr al-baḥr

English meaning of porpoise

1. noun A small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to dolphins and whales.
2. noun Any small dolphin.
3. verb Said of an air-breathing aquatic animal such as a porpoise or penguin: To repeatedly jump out of the water to take a breath and dive back in a continuous motion.
4. verb Said of an aircraft: to make a series of plunges when taking off or landing; or of a watercraft: to successively plunge up and down in the water.

Full definition of porpoise

porpoise in a sentence

• Near-synonyms: sea hog, sea pig, seaswine, mereswine

Synonyms of porpoise

• phocoenid
• sea hog
• sea pig
• seaswine
• mereswine
• balloon

All synonyms of porpoise

porpoise in other languages

• porpoise in Hindi
• porpoise in Tamil
• porpoise in Telugu
• porpoise in Malayalam
• porpoise in Kannada
• porpoise in Gujarati
• porpoise in Tagalog
• porpoise in Persian
• porpoise in Thai
• porpoise in Vietnamese

Questions about porpoise in Arabic

What is the meaning of porpoise in Arabic?

Porpoise in Arabic is خِنْزِير الْبَحْر (ḵinzīr al-baḥr).

ما معنى كلمة porpoise؟

Porpoise: خِنْزِير الْبَحْر (ḵinzīr al-baḥr).

What does porpoise mean in English?

Porpoise means a small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to dolphins and whales.