sea hog

noun

Origin of sea hog¹

First recorded in 1570–80

He has read that thing you wrote about the German sea hog, and he thinks it's awfully well done.

The true porpoise, or sea-hog, is much more widely distributed.

Meerschwein, sea-pig; cf. the name sea-hog, formerly used in English.

The porpoise is the sea-pig; he is the porc-poisson, the porc-pois, or sea-hog.

A sea hog is a wallowing boat with a long, black, heavy snout.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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