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th. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and snuffer.

A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also phocenin.

The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms.

A porpoise. [Scott.] Dunter goose (Zoöl.) the eider duck. J. Brand.

See Flipper. "The flapper of a porpoise." Buckley. Flapper skate (Zoöl.), a European skate (Raia intermedia).

s in America, and L. cachinnans in England. See Gull. -- Herring hog (Zoöl.), the common porpoise. -- King of the herrings. (Zoöl.) (a) The chimæra (C. monstrosa) which follows the schools of herring. See Chimæra. (b) The opah.

Having all the teeth similar in front, as in the porpoises; -- opposed to heterodont.

A porpoise.

Of or pertaining to dolphin oil or porpoise oil; -- said of an acid (called also delphinic acid) subsequently found to be identical with valeric acid. Watts.

A porpoise. [Obs.]

A porpoise. [Obs.] Swift.

The common, or harbor, porpoise.

ng adder. (Zoöl.) Same as Puff adder (b), under Puff. -- Puffing pig (Zoöl.), the common porpoise.

The porpoise.

A porpoise or dolphin.

The common porpoise.

ccasionally found on the American coast. Called also snub-nosed cachalot. -- Sperm-whale porpoise (Zoöl.), a toothed cetacean (Hyperoödon bidens), found on both sides of the Atlantic and valued for its oil. The adult becomes about twenty-five feet long, and its head is very large and thick. Called also bottle-nosed wh…

The nostril, or one of the nostrils, of whales, porpoises, and allied animals.