seaswine

English

Alternative forms
  • sea-swine, sea swine

Etymology

From sea +‎ swine. Compare Middle English brunswin (“porpoise”).

Noun

seaswine pl (plural only)

  1. Porpoises.
    • 1828, John Davidson Godman, American natural history:
      The seaswine are almost always seen in troops, especially in their sexual season, which is in the month of August.
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