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porpesse

porpesse 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 porpesse

pluralporpesses

Questions about porpesse

What is porpesse the obsolete form of?
Porpesse is the obsolete form of porpoise.

Words near porpesse in the dictionary

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

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