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harbour porpoise

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, that inhabits coastal areas and river estuaries.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

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  • Asturian: botu — a porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
  • Asturian: boticu — a porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
  • Asturian: moscote — a porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
  • Breton: morhoc'h du — a porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
  • Catalan: marsopa comuna — a porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
  • Danish: almindeligt marsvin — a porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
  • Dutch: gewone bruinvis — a porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
  • Finnish: pyöriäinen — a porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
  • French: marsouin commun — a porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
  • Georgian: ზღვის ღორი (zɣvis ɣori) — a porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
  • German: kleiner Tümmler — a porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
  • German: gewöhnlicher Schweinswal — a porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
  • German: Braunfisch — a porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
  • Greenlandic: niisa — a porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
  • Hungarian: barna delfin — a porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
  • Hungarian: közönséges barnadelfin — a porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
  • Hungarian: közönséges disznódelfin — a porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
  • Icelandic: selhnísa — a porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
  • Italian: focena comune — a porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
  • Polish: morświn zwyczajny — a porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
  • Portuguese: toninha-comum — a porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
  • Russian: обыкнове́нная морска́я свинья́ (obyknovénnaja morskája svinʹjá) — a porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
  • Spanish: marsopa común — a porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
  • Swedish: vanlig tumlare — a porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
  • Turkish: mutur — a porpoise, Phocoena phocoena