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Manatee vs Porpoise - What's the difference?

manatee | porpoise |

As nouns the difference between manatee and porpoise

is that manatee is any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae, found in tropical regions while porpoise is a small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to whales and dolphins.

As a verb porpoise is

said of an aircraft: to make a series of plunges when taking off or landing.

manatee

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae, found in tropical regions.
    • There are no manatees in Armenia .
  • A gray colour, like that of a manatee.

    • Synonyms

    * lamantin, sea cow

    See also

    * (wikipedia) * dugong * mermaid * sea cow * siren

    Anagrams

    * English plurals

    porpoise

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia porpoise) (en noun)
  • A small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to whales and dolphins.
  • (North America, imprecisely) Any small dolphin.

    • Synonyms

    * , (l), (l), (l), (l)

    Verb

    (porpois)
  • Said of an aircraft: to make a series of plunges when taking off or landing.

    • See also

    * dolphin * killer whale * pod * sea lion * seal * whale *