dolphin vs porpoise
Definitions
noun
- any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises
- large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)
Examples
In 100 days we saw two pods of dolphins, a pod of blue whales and a few marine birds.
The large lagoon and break in the reef attract many species, including dugongs, whale sharks, dolphins and manta rays.
Its snouty head, patchy grey body and small pedal fins make the dwarf look more like a large dolphin than a baleen whale.
Definitions
noun
- any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth
Examples
The dolphin is so uniformly miscalled porpoise, on the west coast and everywhere else, that the creature will soon come to think that it really is a porpoise.
Unlike other porpoises and dolphins, belugas are quite leisurely.
Less obvious, however, are the deaths from morbilli of wild seals and porpoises in several parts of the world and the equine morbilli in Australia that has not only killed the horses infected, but two of their trainers besides.
