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harbour porpoise

harbour porpoise noun: a porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, that inhabits coastal areas and river estuaries.

harbour porpoise: a porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, that inhabits coastal areas and river estuaries
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Noun

harbour porpoise (plural harbour porpoises)

  1. A porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, that inhabits coastal areas and river estuaries.
    • Smaller than a human being at roughly 1.5m in length, the harbour porpoise is not easy to spot.2019, James Proctor, Faroe Islands, 5th edition, Bradt Travel Guides, page 7

Forms of harbour porpoise

pluralharbour porpoises

Questions about harbour porpoise

What does harbour porpoise mean?
Harbour porpoise means a porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, that inhabits coastal areas and river estuaries.
What part of speech is harbour porpoise?
Harbour porpoise is a noun.
What is the plural of harbour porpoise?
The plural of harbour porpoise is harbour porpoises.

Words near harbour porpoise in the dictionary

  1. Harbour Grace
  2. Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview
  3. harbour master
  4. harbour masters
  5. harbour of refuge
  6. harbour porpoise
  7. harbour porpoises
  8. harbour seal
  9. harbour seals
  10. harbourage
  11. harbourages

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