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porpus

/ˈpɔː(ɹ)pəs/

porpus is the obsolete spelling 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 porpus

pluralporpuses

Questions about porpus

What is porpus the obsolete spelling of?
Porpus is the obsolete spelling of porpoise.
How do you pronounce porpus?
Porpus is pronounced /ˈpɔː(ɹ)pəs/.

Words near porpus in the dictionary

  1. porpoises
  2. porpoising
  3. porporino
  4. porprismacovirus
  5. porprismacoviruses
  6. porpus
  7. porpuses
  8. Porra
  9. porraceous
  10. Porrajmos
  11. Porras

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Adapted from Wiktionary: porpus (page history and authors); porpoise (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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