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  • 41seahog — sea hog n. See porpoise. * * * …

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  • 42porpoise — porpoiselike, adj. /pawr peuhs/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) porpoise, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) porpoises, v., porpoised, porpoising. n. 1. any of several small, gregarious cetaceans of the genus Phocoena, usually blackish …

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  • 43NMS Dolphin — Career (Romania) Name: NMS Dolphin General characteristics Displacement: Surfaced: 650t Submerged …

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  • 44porpoise — por•poise [[t]ˈpɔr pəs[/t]] n. pl. (esp. collectively) poise, (esp. for kinds or species) pois•es 1) mam any of certain toothed cetaceans of the family Delphinidae having a blunt, rounded snout, esp. of the genus Phocoena, as the common porpoise …

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  • 45dolphin — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. porpoise, sea hog or pig, cetacean. See animal. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. cetacean, marine mammal, bottle nose, sea creature. WORD FIND • look alike: porpoise …

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  • 46porpoise — c.1300, from O.Fr. porpais (12c.), lit. pork fish, from porc pork (see PORK (Cf. pork)) + peis fish, from L. piscis fish. The Old French word is probably a loan translation of a Germanic word, Cf. O.N. mar svin, O.H.G. meri swin, M.Du. mereswijn …

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  • 47porpoise — n. 1. [Written also Porpess, Porpesse, Porpice, and Porpus.] Sea hog. 2. Monster, mammoth, behemoth, mountain, leviathan, Triton among the minnows …

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  • 48Elephant seal — Sea elephant redirects here. This may also refer to sea slugs of superfamily Pterotracheoidea. Elephant seal Male and female northern elephant seals Scientific classification …

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  • 49Skunk — For other uses, see Skunk (disambiguation). Skunks Striped skunk Scientific classification Kingdom …

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  • 50SS Quistconck — The launch of Quistconck, 5 August 1918 Career Name: Red Jacket (1918) Quistconck (1918–41) Empire Falcon (1941–46) Ba …

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