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finless porpoises

finless porpoises is the plural of finless porpoise.

Meaning of finless porpoise

Noun

finless porpoise (plural finless porpoises)

  1. Any porpoise of the genus Neophocaena.
  2. Neophocaena phocaenoides, a species of porpoise that lacks a true dorsal fin and is found in the coastal waters of Asia, especially around Japan, Korea, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, India and Bangladesh.

Questions about finless porpoises

What is finless porpoises the plural of?
Finless porpoises is the plural of finless porpoise.

Words near finless porpoises in the dictionary

  1. Finlayson
  2. Finlayson's squirrel
  3. Finlayson's squirrels
  4. finless
  5. finless porpoise
  6. finless porpoises
  7. finless sole
  8. finless soles
  9. finlessness
  10. finlet
  11. finlets

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