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porpoises

porpoises is the plural of porpoise.

porpoises is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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.

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Phrases with porpoises

Questions about porpoises

What is porpoises the plural of?
Porpoises is the plural of porpoise.

Words near porpoises in the dictionary

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

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