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porpoiselike

porpoiselike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a porpoise.

Adjective

porpoiselike (comparative more porpoiselike, superlative most porpoiselike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a porpoise.
    • The most striking marine reptiles are the fishlike or porpoiselike ichthyosaurs.2013, F. Crescitelli, The Visual System in Vertebrates, page 27

Forms of porpoiselike

comparativemore porpoiselike
superlativemost porpoiselike

Origin of porpoiselike

From porpoise + -like.

Questions about porpoiselike

What does porpoiselike mean?
Porpoiselike means resembling or characteristic of a porpoise.
What part of speech is porpoiselike?
Porpoiselike is an adjective.

Words near porpoiselike in the dictionary

  1. porpitid
  2. porpitids
  3. porpitoid
  4. porpoise
  5. porpoised
  6. porpoiselike
  7. porpoises
  8. porpoising
  9. porporino
  10. porprismacovirus
  11. porprismacoviruses

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