porpoise : Idioms & Phrases

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harbor porpoise

  • noun the common porpoise of the northern Atlantic and Pacific
    Phocoena phocoena; herring hog.
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porpoise oil

  • noun a yellow fatty oil obtained from porpoises and used as a fine lubricant
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Skunk porpoise

  • . (Zoöl.) See under Porpoise.
Webster 1913

Skunk porpoise, ∨ Bay porpoise

  • (Zoöl.), a North American porpoise (Lagenorhynchus acutus), larger than the common species, and with broad stripes of white and yellow on the sides. See Illustration in Appendix.
Webster 1913

Sperm-whale porpoise

  • (Zoöl.), a toothed cetacean (Hyperoödon bidens), found on both sides of the Atlantic and valued for its oil. The adult becomes about twenty-five feet long, and its head is very large and thick. Called also bottle-nosed whale.
Webster 1913