porpoise in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
porpoise in Marathi मराठी
porpoise in Sindhi سنڌي
porpoise in English
- porpoise⇄noun 1. a sea animal with a blunt, rounded snout, that looks like a small whale. Porpoises are mammals, related to the whale, and live in groups in the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Porpoises eat fish. They are blackish in color with a somewhat p
- porpoise⇄porpoise, noun, pl.-poisesor (collectively)-poise,verb, -poised,-poising.
- porpoise⇄v.i. to move, travel, or dive in the manner of a porpoise; make a series of bumps or plunges.
Ex. The Coroner asked ... if it was usual for a machine ... to porpoise when taking off on a perfectly smooth sea (London Times).