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Definition of porpoise in English: porpoisenoun ˈpɔːpəsˈpɔːpɔɪsˈpɔrpəs A small toothed whale with a low triangular dorsal fin and a blunt rounded snout. Family Phocoenidae: three genera and several species, in particular the common (or harbour) porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), of the North Atlantic and North Pacific Example sentencesExamples - The crows nest has become an ideal lookout post for sighting dolphins, whales, porpoises, seabirds and turtles.
- Complete isolation and frequent sightings of porpoises and minke whales set the scene.
- More and more, researchers are finding out just how important sound is to cetaceans like dolphins, porpoises and whales.
- Dolphins and porpoises are examples of odontocetes, as are belugas, narwhals, killer whales, sperm whales, and beaked whales.
- Also, looking back over a decade of stranding records from Britain, the researchers found seven dolphins and porpoises and one beaked whale with puzzling gas bubbles.
- Dolphins, porpoises and even minke whales have all been sighted, while the grey seal colony is always entertaining.
- Fishery managers believe that a few low-decibel pings in the ocean, usually inaudible 300 meters away, have to be better than killing porpoises in Maine or sperm whales in California.
- Cetaceans also are hunted and eaten, the most common being porpoises, killer whales, and pilot whales.
- The environmental group claims the deaths off the British coastline are among a worldwide toll of 300,000 cetaceans (dolphins, porpoises and whales) worldwide every year.
- Whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals and sea lions receive protection in the U.S. under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972.
- There are over 80 species of cetaceans, marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins and whales, but the Norwegians have traditionally hunted minke.
- The shores are playgrounds for otters and seals while porpoises and killer whales sweep past on their way between the Atlantic and the Irish Sea.
- The Cetacea are, of course, best known from their modern representatives, the porpoises, dolphins and whales.
- More than 300,000 whales, dolphins and porpoises - or cetaceans - are estimated to die every year from entanglement in fishing gear, more than from any other cause.
- The biodiversity report lists 25 species at risk, including otters, brown hares, red squirrels, pipistrelle bats, porpoises, six varieties of dolphin and 13 types of whale.
- While the cod, pollack and haddock may have all but disappeared, you stand a good chance of spotting porpoises, minke whales and even the odd beluga.
- The first day we saw nothing but a harbour porpoise feeding in the current washing around Black Head, close to the end of the Lizard Peninsula.
- You may spot seals and otters and, if you're lucky, porpoises and killer whales on their way from the Atlantic and to the Irish Sea.
- Irish waters are at least seasonally home to an impressive 24 species, ranging from the tiny harbour porpoise to the giant blue whales.
- Pingers (acoustic deterrents that warn or scare dolphins, porpoises, and whales away from fishing nets) are mandatory in other areas.
verb ˈpɔːpəsˈpɔːpɔɪsˈpɔrpəs [no object]Move through the water like a porpoise, alternately rising above it and submerging. the boat began to porpoise badly Example sentencesExamples - But down by the water's edge porpoising adelie penguins are jumping ashore clean, wet and plump from the icy Southern Ocean.
- He was out with a client who said that he had not seen so many salmon anywhere, and Gary witnessed vast amounts fish head-and-tailing, porpoising their way up-river half-an-hour after high tide.
- One way around this limitation would have been to adopt a swimming style known as porpoising.
- Now we're racing, gliding past the San Francisco waterfront with a sea lion porpoising alongside.
- Finally, as the relative thrust decreases, the gains due to porpoising also decrease.
- As we porpoise back to shore, I know that I can go deeper.
- Swimming often includes porpoising (repeatedly breaking the water's surface with enough momentum to lift the bird into the air for about one meter.)
- The porpoising type of rolling that is so common seemed to be undertaken by tench that were merely working their way along their patrol route.
- Sea lions gain speed by porpoising, leaping clear of the water and then gliding near the water's surface to minimize resistance.
- Since that publication several studies documented porpoising behavior at high speeds.
- California sea lions porpoised through the waves to circle our boats.
- This fish stripped virtually all the line from the reel and resulted in a fair bit of time to retrieve and then it was off again porpoising across the water - a magnificent sight.
- Interrupted forms of locomotion, including wave-riding and porpoising when near the water surface or gliding when descending on a dive, enables marine mammals to mitigate some of these costs.
- Although energetically advantageous when swimming near the water surface, both wave-riding and porpoising have been described for only a limited number of marine mammal species moving at high speeds.
- Then potential menace turned to pure joy as two more orcas joined the first and together they porpoised toward the setting sun.
- I shot off reel after reel of film on the oceanic birds following the ship, shared in the watch on the depth finder, watched whales in the distance and penguins porpoising through the water like flying fish.
- The approach to James Ross is through the Antarctic Sound, a beautiful stretch of water teeming with wildlife - the ship was joined by hundreds of penguins porpoising along, as well as humpback whales and countless seabirds.
- Several adelies are porpoising between the new islands and the ice.
Origin Middle English: from Old French porpois, based on Latin porcus 'pig' + piscis 'fish', rendering earlier porcus marinus 'sea hog'. Definition of porpoise in US English: porpoisenounˈpɔrpəsˈpôrpəs A small toothed whale with a low triangular dorsal fin and a blunt rounded snout. Family Phocoenidae: three genera and several species, in particular the common (or harbor) porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), of the North Atlantic and North Pacific Example sentencesExamples - Dolphins and porpoises are examples of odontocetes, as are belugas, narwhals, killer whales, sperm whales, and beaked whales.
- Fishery managers believe that a few low-decibel pings in the ocean, usually inaudible 300 meters away, have to be better than killing porpoises in Maine or sperm whales in California.
- The first day we saw nothing but a harbour porpoise feeding in the current washing around Black Head, close to the end of the Lizard Peninsula.
- The biodiversity report lists 25 species at risk, including otters, brown hares, red squirrels, pipistrelle bats, porpoises, six varieties of dolphin and 13 types of whale.
- Pingers (acoustic deterrents that warn or scare dolphins, porpoises, and whales away from fishing nets) are mandatory in other areas.
- Irish waters are at least seasonally home to an impressive 24 species, ranging from the tiny harbour porpoise to the giant blue whales.
- Also, looking back over a decade of stranding records from Britain, the researchers found seven dolphins and porpoises and one beaked whale with puzzling gas bubbles.
- There are over 80 species of cetaceans, marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins and whales, but the Norwegians have traditionally hunted minke.
- Cetaceans also are hunted and eaten, the most common being porpoises, killer whales, and pilot whales.
- The Cetacea are, of course, best known from their modern representatives, the porpoises, dolphins and whales.
- The environmental group claims the deaths off the British coastline are among a worldwide toll of 300,000 cetaceans (dolphins, porpoises and whales) worldwide every year.
- Complete isolation and frequent sightings of porpoises and minke whales set the scene.
- The shores are playgrounds for otters and seals while porpoises and killer whales sweep past on their way between the Atlantic and the Irish Sea.
- Dolphins, porpoises and even minke whales have all been sighted, while the grey seal colony is always entertaining.
- The crows nest has become an ideal lookout post for sighting dolphins, whales, porpoises, seabirds and turtles.
- Whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals and sea lions receive protection in the U.S. under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972.
- More than 300,000 whales, dolphins and porpoises - or cetaceans - are estimated to die every year from entanglement in fishing gear, more than from any other cause.
- You may spot seals and otters and, if you're lucky, porpoises and killer whales on their way from the Atlantic and to the Irish Sea.
- More and more, researchers are finding out just how important sound is to cetaceans like dolphins, porpoises and whales.
- While the cod, pollack and haddock may have all but disappeared, you stand a good chance of spotting porpoises, minke whales and even the odd beluga.
verbˈpɔrpəsˈpôrpəs [no object]Move through the water like a porpoise, alternately rising above it and submerging. the boat began to porpoise badly Example sentencesExamples - As we porpoise back to shore, I know that I can go deeper.
- This fish stripped virtually all the line from the reel and resulted in a fair bit of time to retrieve and then it was off again porpoising across the water - a magnificent sight.
- Interrupted forms of locomotion, including wave-riding and porpoising when near the water surface or gliding when descending on a dive, enables marine mammals to mitigate some of these costs.
- Sea lions gain speed by porpoising, leaping clear of the water and then gliding near the water's surface to minimize resistance.
- Several adelies are porpoising between the new islands and the ice.
- The approach to James Ross is through the Antarctic Sound, a beautiful stretch of water teeming with wildlife - the ship was joined by hundreds of penguins porpoising along, as well as humpback whales and countless seabirds.
- He was out with a client who said that he had not seen so many salmon anywhere, and Gary witnessed vast amounts fish head-and-tailing, porpoising their way up-river half-an-hour after high tide.
- Since that publication several studies documented porpoising behavior at high speeds.
- Swimming often includes porpoising (repeatedly breaking the water's surface with enough momentum to lift the bird into the air for about one meter.)
- Then potential menace turned to pure joy as two more orcas joined the first and together they porpoised toward the setting sun.
- But down by the water's edge porpoising adelie penguins are jumping ashore clean, wet and plump from the icy Southern Ocean.
- One way around this limitation would have been to adopt a swimming style known as porpoising.
- Although energetically advantageous when swimming near the water surface, both wave-riding and porpoising have been described for only a limited number of marine mammal species moving at high speeds.
- Now we're racing, gliding past the San Francisco waterfront with a sea lion porpoising alongside.
- The porpoising type of rolling that is so common seemed to be undertaken by tench that were merely working their way along their patrol route.
- Finally, as the relative thrust decreases, the gains due to porpoising also decrease.
- I shot off reel after reel of film on the oceanic birds following the ship, shared in the watch on the depth finder, watched whales in the distance and penguins porpoising through the water like flying fish.
- California sea lions porpoised through the waves to circle our boats.
Origin Middle English: from Old French porpois, based on Latin porcus ‘pig’ + piscis ‘fish’, rendering earlier porcus marinus ‘sea hog’. |