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Definition of Porpesse
1. n. A porpoise.
Definition of Porpesse
1. Noun. (obsolete) A porpoise. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Porpesse
1. porpess [n -S] - See also: porpess
Lexicographical Neighbors of Porpesse
Literary usage of Porpesse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and ...by William Nicholson by William Nicholson (1819)
"The porpesse, though naturally straight, swims in a crooked form; and the dolphin
is said, ... The porpesse was formerly considered, not merely as eatable, ..."
2. Useful Knowledge: Or, A Familiar Account of the Various Productions of by William Bingley (1821)
"... are now entirely neglected with us as food; yet the inhabitants of Greenland
and Lapland consider the flesh of the porpesse as highly excellent. ..."
3. A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles by Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon, John Wright (1831)
"Grampus, porpesse, Sfc. THE number of fish to which we have given names, and with
the figure of which at least we are a little acquainted, is, according to ..."
4. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"1166, the longitudinal section of the head of a porpesse, showing the pyramidal
larynx projecting into the posterior nares and embraced by the muscles of ..."
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