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All porpoise synonyms

por·poise
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noun porpoise

  • beluga — a large white sturgeon, Acipenser (or Huso) huso, of the Black and Caspian Seas: a source of caviar and isinglass
  • dolphin — any of several chiefly marine, cetacean mammals of the family Delphinidae, having a fishlike body, numerous teeth, and the front of the head elongated into a beaklike projection.
  • orc — any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
  • narwhal — a small arctic whale, Monodon monoceros, the male of which has a long, spirally twisted tusk extending forward from the upper jaw.
  • orca — the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
  • grampus — a cetacean, Grampus griseus, of the dolphin family, widely distributed in northern seas.
  • finback — any baleen whale of the genus Balaenoptera, having a prominent dorsal fin, especially B. physalus, of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts; rorqual: an endangered species.
  • baleen — whalebone
  • narwal — Archaic form of narwhal.
  • whale — any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, especially as distinguished from the smaller dolphins and porpoises, having a fishlike body, forelimbs modified into flippers, and a head that is horizontally flattened.
  • ceta — Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
  • cetacean — Cetaceans are animals such as whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
  • cete — a group of badgers
  • cetes — a number of badgers together.
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