porpoise

Example Sentences

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"We're saving the finless porpoise to save the Yangtze River," says Wang Ding.

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

The construction of the main part of Three Gorges Dam in 2006 didn't directly impact the finless porpoise, which don't have to go upstream to spawn, although it did affect the fish they eat.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

While they would not have feasted on porpoise, a goose or pig would have been heartily consumed in a time when meat was too expensive for most people to eat regularly.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2024

She had fins; she was as slick as a porpoise.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo