porpoise

How To Use porpoise In A Sentence

• The dolphin is so uniformly miscalled porpoise, on the west coast and everywhere else, that the creature will soon come to think that it really is a porpoise. Dick in the Everglades
• Unlike other porpoises and dolphins, belugas are quite leisurely.
• Less obvious, however, are the deaths from morbilli of wild seals and porpoises in several parts of the world and the equine morbilli in Australia that has not only killed the horses infected, but two of their trainers besides.
• He pulled away from the F-15, then moved his plane like a porpoise. FLASH POINT
• While the cod, pollack and haddock may have all but disappeared, you stand a good chance of spotting porpoises, minke whales and even the odd beluga.
• Whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals and sea lions receive protection in the U.S. under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972.
• Dolphins and porpoises are examples of odontocetes, as are belugas, narwhals, killer whales, sperm whales, and beaked whales.
• There are seals and porpoises, thick kelp forests, colourful corals, and large wolf fish.
• Then potential menace turned to pure joy as two more orcas joined the first and together they porpoised toward the setting sun.
• Complete isolation and frequent sightings of porpoises and minke whales set the scene.