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vaquitas

vaquitas is the plural of vaquita.

Meaning of vaquita

Noun

vaquita (plural vaquitas)

  1. A critically endangered porpoise, the smallest of its kind, of species Phocoena sinus, endemic to the northern part of the Gulf of California, Mexico.
    • THE world’s smallest porpoise may have a fighting chance. The vaquita might be saved from extinction by an agreement at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Portoroz, Slovenia, last week.
    • Unique to the Gulf of California, the vaquita has seen its numbers collapse to 59 in 2015.2015 November 5, “Whale of a deal”, in New Scientist, number 3098, page 6
    Synonyms:
    cochito, desert porpoise, Gulf of California harbor porpoise, Gulf of California porpoise, gulf porpoise, vaquita marina, vaquita porpoise

Questions about vaquitas

What is vaquitas the plural of?
Vaquitas is the plural of vaquita.

Words near vaquitas in the dictionary

  1. vaqueros
  2. Vaquez
  3. Vaquez disease
  4. vaquita
  5. vaquita marina
  6. vaquitas
  7. var
  8. var.
  9. vara
  10. varactor
  11. varactors

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