porpoise

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It is the porpoise numbers, however, that tell the most convincing story.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

The goal now is to stop the Yangtze finless river porpoise - 1,200 of which remain in the wild, according to current estimates – from suffering the same fate.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

Yet the finless porpoise, which belongs to the oldest living branch of the porpoise family tree, remains critically endangered today.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

Henry V of Shakespearean fame, hosted a feast that offered 40 different types of fish, including roast porpoise.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2024

"But Grandmamma," I said, "how did they know that the porpoise was actually Leif?"

From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl