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Definitions of porpoises in various dictionaries:
noun - any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth
verb - to move forward with rising and falling motions
PORPOISES - Porpoises are a group of fully aquatic marine mammals that are sometimes referred to as mereswine, all of which are classified under the family Phoco...
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| You'll find them in the sea or balance them in the postscript |
| dolphins, e.g. |
| Intentions of a Bronx speaker to catch dolphins? |
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| Apr 11 2016 7 Little Words Daily Puzzle |
| Apr 11 2016 7 Little Words Daily Puzzle |
| Dec 29 2009 Irish Times (Crosaire) |
| Feb 3 2004 The Telegraph - Cryptic |
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| Having flat teeth is one way that these animals differ from the related dolphins who have pointy triangular teeth |
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| a small toothed whale with a low triangular dorsal fin and a blunt rounded snout. |
| Plural form of porpoise. |
| Third-person singular simple present indicative form of porpoise. |
| A small toothed whale with a low triangular dorsal fin and a blunt rounded snout. |
| Move through the water like a porpoise, alternately rising above it and submerging. |
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Porpoises are a group of fully aquatic marine mammals that are sometimes referred to as mereswine, all of which are classified under the family Phocoenidae, parvorder Odontoceti (toothed whales). There are seven extant species of porpoise. They are small toothed whales that are very closely related to oceanic dolphins. The most obvious visible difference between the two groups is that porpoises have shorter beaks and flattened, spade-shaped teeth distinct from the conical teeth of dolphins. Porpoises, and other cetaceans, belong to the clade Cetartiodactyla with even-toed ungulates, and their closest living relatives are the hippopotamuses, having diverged from them about 40 million years ago. * Porpoises range in size from the 1.4 metres (4.6 ft) and 54 kilograms (119 lb) vaquita, the smallest cetacean to be discovered, to the 2.3 metres (7.5 ft) and 220 kilograms (490 lb) Dall's porpoise. Several species exhibit sexual dimorphism in that the females are larger than males. They have str |