on porpoise
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on porpoise

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por·poise

/ˈpɔː.pəs/ noun

1. A small toothed whale with a rounded head. An animal in its own right; not a baby dolphin.

On porpoise. Like “on purpose”, with a small marine mammal. The name is a pun. The work isn’t.

Etymology. Old French porpois ← Latin porcus ‘pig’ + piscis ‘fish’. Literally, ‘pig-fish’.

Illustrated harbour porpoise in profile, with a blunt head and triangular dorsal fin
not a dolphin
01. harbour porpoisePhocoena phocoena
Illustrated offshore spotted dolphin in profile, with a projecting beak and curved dorsal fin
02. offshore spotted dolphinStenella attenuata

Illustrated studies; not to scale. Anatomy: NOAA ↗ · Word origin ↗

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