porpoise
A small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to dolphins and whales.
Other meanings
Any small dolphin.
A kind of
- dolphin
Word history
From Latin "porcus" (hog, pig).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “porpoise” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.