Seaswine

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A porpoise. archaic

    "The seaswine are almost always seen in troops, especially in their sexual season, which is in the month of August."

  2. 2
    A ballan wrasse.

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mereswineporpoiseseahogseapig

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"The seaswine are almost always seen in troops, especially in their sexual season, which is in the month of August."

Etymology

From sea + swine. Compare sea hog. Compare also Middle English brunswyne (“porpoise”).

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