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seaswine

noun

Etymology

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

  1. derived from *suH-✻
  2. inherited from *swīną✻
  3. inherited from *swīn✻
  4. inherited from swīn
  5. inherited from swyn
  6. compounded as seaswine — “sea + swine”

Definitions

  1. A porpoise or dolphin.

    • The seaswine are almost always seen in troops, especially in their sexual season, which is in the month of August.

  2. A ballan wrasse.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA