seaswine
English
Alternative forms
- sea-swine, sea swine
Etymology
From sea + swine. Compare Middle English brunswin (“porpoise”), English mereswine (“porpoise, dolphin”).
Noun
seaswine pl (plural only)
- porpoises
- 1828, John Davidson Godman, American natural history:
- 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:
Synonyms
- mereswine
- seahog
- seapig
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