Porpoise synonyms
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porpoises (related)
(Paleontology) A vertebrate with three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw.
Any of various, often very large aquatic mammals of the order Cetacea, having a hairless body that resembles that of a fish. Cetaceans have an elongated skull, a flat, horizontal tail, forelimbs modified into broad flippers, and no hind limbs. They breathe through blowholes located usually at the top of the skull. Whales, dolphins, and porpoises are cetaceans.
phocoena (related)
minke (related)
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humpback (related)
bottlenose (related)
orcas (related)
truncatus (related)
dugong (related)
gannet (related)
seabird (related)
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white-beaked (related)
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