porpoises
Meaning of porpoises
noun
- A small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to dolphins and whales.
- (imprecisely) Any small dolphin.
- Said of an air-breathing aquatic animal such as a porpoise or penguin: To repeatedly jump out of the water to take a breath and dive back in a continuous motion.
- Said of an aircraft: to make a series of plunges when taking off or landing; or of a watercraft: to successively plunge up and down in the water.
Information about porpoises
- The singular form of porpoises is: porpoise.
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Hyphenation of porpoises
por-poises
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- porpoises is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
porpoises synonyms
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