As nouns the difference between porpoise and mereswine
is that porpoise is a small cetacean of the family phocoenidae, related to whales and dolphins while mereswine is a porpoise.
As a verb porpoise
is said of an aircraft: to make a series of plunges when taking off or landing.
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
*
mereswine
English
Alternative forms
* (l), (l) (Scotland)
Noun
(en-noun)
A porpoise
A dolphin
Related terms
* sea-pig
* seaswine