porpoise

Meaning of porpoise

noun
  1. A small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to dolphins and whales.
  2. (imprecisely) Any small dolphin.
verb
  1. Said of an air-breathing aquatic animal such as a porpoise or penguin: To repeatedly jump out of the water to take a breath and dive back in a continuous motion.
  2. Said of an aircraft: to make a series of plunges when taking off or landing; or of a watercraft: to successively plunge up and down in the water.

Information about porpoise

  • The plural form of porpoise is: porpoises.
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Hyphenation of porpoise

por-poise

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • porpoise is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

porpoise synonyms

Meaning :

garfish, mereswine

Translation of porpoise

Words that rhyme with porpoise

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