On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Porpoise. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as dolphin and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Porpoise meaning
- Any small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to dolphins and whales.
- Any small dolphin.
Synonyms of Porpoise
Using Porpoise
- The main meaning on this page is: Any small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to dolphins and whales. | Any small dolphin.
- Useful related words include: dolphin.
- In the example corpus, porpoise often appears in combinations such as: of porpoise, and porpoise, finless porpoise.
Context around Porpoise
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Porpoise
- In this selection, "porpoise" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, endangered, finless, dall, bay, hangs and captivity stand out and add context to how "porpoise" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a harbour porpoise and five and and a porpoise in the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "porpoise" sits close to words such as abaribe, abbasids and abstentions, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with porpoise
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Did they do it on porpoise? (6 words)
In 2010, the Yangtze population of finless porpoise was 1000 individuals. (11 words)
World’s most endangered porpoise hangs on, avoiding extinction in Mexico’s Gulf of Californianbcnews. (15 words)
Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Arietis formed the head of the porpoise, while stars from Andromeda formed the body and the bright stars of Cassiopeia formed the tail.sfn Other Polynesian peoples recognized Aries as a constellation. (36 words)
Guthrie followed their advice and went to sea in June 1943 making voyages in convoys during the Battle of the Atlantic aboard the merchant ships SS William B. Travis, SS William Floyd, and SS Sea Porpoise. (36 words)
Replacing the crocodile above the left breast of the shirt are the Gulf of California porpoise, the Burmese Roofed Turtle, Sumatran Tiger, the Andega Rock Iguana and the Northern Sportive Lemur, among others. (33 words)
If we can’t save this smallest and most endangered porpoise on earth, what hope is there for rhinos, tigers or elephants? (22 words)
Did they do it on porpoise? (6 words)
Example sentences (20)
World’s most endangered porpoise hangs on, avoiding extinction in Mexico’s Gulf of Californianbcnews.
A total dog ban is in place at its two reserves, the camping ground, and parts of Porpoise Bay.
A new law banned whale, dolphin and porpoise captivity, but grandfathered in the two facilities in the country, which includes Marineland, where they are already being kept.
If we can’t save this smallest and most endangered porpoise on earth, what hope is there for rhinos, tigers or elephants?
Kurt said that during the cruise, they saw bald eagles, orca whales, humpback whales, Dall porpoise, seals, sea otters and sea lions.
The APC recommended that a pedestrian friendly intersection design for Wharf Avenue and East Porpoise Bay Road be considered.
This is the Vaquita porpoise which may just have days or months left to live on this planet.
Did they do it on porpoise?
Replacing the crocodile above the left breast of the shirt are the Gulf of California porpoise, the Burmese Roofed Turtle, Sumatran Tiger, the Andega Rock Iguana and the Northern Sportive Lemur, among others.
The young porpoise was unable to negotiate the high and irregular waves of Dorchester Bay during the storm.
This type of finless porpoise, found on the Yangtze river, is a cousin of the baiji dolphin, which in 2006 became the first dolphin species to be entirely wiped out by human activity.
Almost all species have female-biased sexual dimorphism, with the females being larger than the males, citation citation although those physical differences are generally small; one exception is Dall's porpoise.
Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Arietis formed the head of the porpoise, while stars from Andromeda formed the body and the bright stars of Cassiopeia formed the tail.sfn Other Polynesian peoples recognized Aries as a constellation.
As well as this, the eyes of a porpoise are placed on the sides of its head, so their vision consists of two fields, rather than a binocular view like humans have.
Bligh failed to gain support from the authorities in Hobart to retake control of New South Wales, and remained effectively imprisoned on the Porpoise from 1808 until January 1810.
Breeding success has always been poor with porpoises, and there are only six recorded births (of a harbour porpoise and five finless porpoises).
Dall's porpoise is one of the fastest cetaceans discovered, with the ability to travel at 41 knots.
Different cultures have incorporated the stars of Aries into different constellations including twin inspectors in China and a porpoise in the Marshall Islands.
Guthrie followed their advice and went to sea in June 1943 making voyages in convoys during the Battle of the Atlantic aboard the merchant ships SS William B. Travis, SS William Floyd, and SS Sea Porpoise.
In 2010, the Yangtze population of finless porpoise was 1000 individuals.
Common combinations with porpoise
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of porpoise 3×
- and porpoise 3×
- finless porpoise 3×
- the porpoise 3×
- porpoise is 3×
- porpoise the 2×
- endangered porpoise 2×
- porpoise bay 2×
- harbour porpoise 2×
- porpoise was 2×