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sea-hog

sea-hog is the alternative spelling of sea hog.

Meaning of sea hog

Noun

sea hog (plural sea hogs)

  1. (archaic) A porpoise or dolphin.
    • "[O]ne would have judged from its motley hues, exhibiting the consistence and appearance of variegated fancy soap, that it was the flesh of the porpoise or sea-hog, and had been an inhabitant of the ocean rather than of the stye."1890, Willis J. Abbot, chapter 24, in The Naval History of the United States, volume 1

Forms of sea-hog

pluralsea-hogs

Questions about sea-hog

What is sea-hog the alternative spelling of?
Sea-hog is the alternative spelling of sea hog.

Words near sea-hog in the dictionary

  1. sea-hairs
  2. sea-hawk
  3. sea-hawks
  4. sea-heath
  5. sea-heaths
  6. sea-hog
  7. sea-hogs
  8. sea-holly
  9. sea-horse
  10. sea-horses
  11. sea-houseleek

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