porpoiselike

• a word derived from porpoise.
  porpoise

  noun

  any of several small, gregarious cetacean mammals of the genus Phocoena, usually blackish above and paler beneath, and having a blunt, rounded snout, especially the common porpoise, P. phocoena, of both the North Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

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porpoiselike

Played originally by porpoiselike 250 pounders, it was a game in which quarter was never asked, rarely given.

From Time Magazine Archive

The stately Sylvan seated between the wine-soaked Neuser, the porpoiselike Suter, and the coarse Vehe whose face seemed to consist entirely of underjaw, resembled Orpheus among the beasts.

From Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle by Adolf Hausrath

Denman, looking closely, saw it appear once on the surface, porpoiselike, before it dived to its indicated depth.

From The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility by Morgan Robertson

Related Words

• mammal