porpoise | BabelNet

ENporpoiseNoun

Any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth

Porpoise is a tradename for scuba developed by Ted Eldred in Australia and made there from the late 1940s onwards.

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The third USS Porpoise was an early Plunger-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy, later renamed as A-6.

USS Porpoise

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ENporpoiseVerb

Said of an aircraft: to make a series of plunges when taking off or landing; or of a watercraft: to successively plunge up and down in the water.

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Said of an air-breathing aquatic animal such as a porpoise or penguin: To repeatedly jump out of the water to take a breath and dive back in a continuous motion.

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