With distinguishing word. Any of several marine fishes or mammals thought to resemble a pig. See mereswine, n., sea-swine, n. Cf. swine-fish n. at…
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| 释义 | the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Phocaenidae (porpoise) (17) swineeOE With distinguishing word. Any of several marine fishes or mammals thought to resemble a pig. See mereswine, n., sea-swine, n. Cf. swine-fish n. at… mereswineeOE A dolphin; a porpoise. Cf. sea-swine, n. 1. pellock1331 A dolphin, porpoise, or similar marine animal. In later use: (spec.) a porpoise. Also figurative. sea-swine1398 A porpoise. Obsolete exc. dialect. porpoisea1425 Any of various small delphinoid whales of the family Phocoenidae, characterized by a blunt, rounded snout and usually a low, triangular dorsal fin… brownswinec1440 A porpoise. bassinatc1540 A kind of fish; ? a porpoise. pollantine1558 Perhaps: a porpoise. sea-hog1580 A popular name for the porpoise. ? Now rare. hogfish1611 The common or harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena. Also called sea-hog, sea-pig, sea-swine. Obsolete. tursion1655 A porpoise. tumbler1694 A name of the porpoise. Obsolete. sea-pig1826 (a) a marine mammal; esp. a porpoise or dolphin; (b) the tunny. snuffer1829 U.S. local. A porpoise. puffing pig1845 the common porpoise, Phocoena phocoena; cf. puffer, n. 3c, puff-pig n. at puff, n. adj.compounds 2. puff-pig1861 the common porpoise, Phocoena phocoena; cf. puffer, n. 3c, puffing pig n. at puffing, adj. compounds. puffer1884 U.S. The common porpoise, Phocoena phocoena. Cf. puff-pig n. at puff, n. adj.compounds 2, puffing pig n. at puffing, adj. compounds. Now rare. |
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