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harbour porpoises

harbour porpoises is the plural of harbour porpoise.

Meaning of harbour porpoise

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

Questions about harbour porpoises

What is harbour porpoises the plural of?
Harbour porpoises is the plural of harbour porpoise.

Words near harbour porpoises in the dictionary

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

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