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porpess

porpess is the obsolete form of porpoise.

Meaning of porpoise

Noun

porpoise (plural porpoises)

  1. A small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to dolphins and whales.
    • Near-synonyms: sea hog, sea pig, seaswine, mereswine
  2. (Canada, US, broadly) Any small dolphin.

See all 4 meanings of porpoise

Forms of porpess

pluralporpesses

Questions about porpess

What is porpess the obsolete form of?
Porpess is the obsolete form of porpoise.

Words near porpess in the dictionary

  1. poroviscoelastic
  2. poroviscoelasticity
  3. poroxidase
  4. porpentine
  5. porpentines
  6. porpess
  7. porpesse
  8. porpesses
  9. porpezite
  10. porphin
  11. porphine

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