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seaswine en · NOUN

Etymology

From sea + swine. Compare sea hog. Compare also Middle English brunswyne (“porpoise”).

Meanings

  1. (archaic) A porpoise or dolphin.
    • The seaswine are almost always seen in troops, especially in their sexual season, which is in the month of August. 1828, John Davidson Godman, American natural history:
  2. A ballan wrasse.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
seaswine Number=Plur lexicographic
seaswines Number=Plur lexicographic
sea-swine alternative lexicographic
sea swine alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

whale

Hypernyms

creature · whale · animal · vertebrate · organism · mammal · cetacean

Synonyms

sea hog · sea pig · mereswine