Plural of porpoise

regular plural

The plural of porpoise is porpoises.

Forms of porpoise

They captured 25 porpoises and set them free back into the Yangtze after raising them for a month in Puqi County, Hubei.1991, Zhou Kaiya, Zhang Xingduan, translated by Luo Changyan, Baiji: The Yangtze River Dolphin and Other Endangered Animals of China...
In the Gulf of Gdańsk, it is possible to spot ringed seals and harbour porpoises.From the entry Gulf of Gdańsk
The whales, porpoises and seals have however a reason that man does not possess for being anosmic.1960, James Knox Millen, “chapter II”, in Your Nose Knows: A Study of the Sense of Smell, Los Angeles, Calif.: Cunningham Press, →OCLC…. From the entry anosmic
The porpoises gave us one last push and our strange-looking craft bumped gently on a low beach.1922, Hugh Lofting, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle/Part 4/Chapter 5. From the entry bundle off
Breakfast was interrupted as a gam of porpoises surrounded the Argyle, swaying in the foam and singing in gurgles and beeps.1985, Dennis Kyte, To the Heart of a Bear: The Last Elegant Bear, →ISBN. From the entry gam

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.

What is the plural of porpoise?: The plural of porpoise is porpoises.
Is porpoise countable?: Porpoise is a countable noun.

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