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porpoise

[pawr-puhs] / ˈpɔr pəs /




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In 2019, Canada passed a bill making it illegal to hold a whale, dolphin or porpoise captive.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2025

"Now that those have become extinct, we're going to save the Yangtze river porpoise," Professor Wang Xi tells the BBC.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

There has also been community involvement in the porpoise preservation push.

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

The porpoise kept sinking and then flicking her tail to come back flank to flank with the boat.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin




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