porpoise meaning in Gujarati
શિશુમાર śiśumār
UK/ˈpɔːpəs//ˈpɔːɹpəs/
porpoise in Gujarati: શિશુમાર (śiśumār). In English, porpoise means a small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to dolphins and whales.
Gujarati words for porpoise
- porpoise; dolphin
- શિશુમાર śiśumār
English meaning of porpoise
- noun A small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to dolphins and whales.
- noun Any small dolphin.
- 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.
- 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.
porpoise in a sentence
- Near-synonyms: sea hog, sea pig, seaswine, mereswine
Synonyms of porpoise
porpoise in other languages
Questions about porpoise in Gujarati
- What is the meaning of porpoise in Gujarati?
- Porpoise in Gujarati is શિશુમાર (śiśumār).
- porpoise નો ગુજરાતી અર્થ શું છે?
- Porpoise: શિશુમાર (śiśumār).
- What does porpoise mean in English?
- Porpoise means a small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to dolphins and whales.
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Gujarati words from Wiktionary's Gujarati entries whose English meaning is “porpoise”: શિશુમાર. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: porpoise (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Gujarati words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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