Meanings
nounharbour porpoise (plural harbour porpoises)
plural harbour porpoises
- A porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, that inhabits coastal areas and river estuaries.
Smaller than a human being at roughly 1.5m in length, the harbour porpoise is not easy to spot.
2019, James Proctor, Faroe Islands, 5th edition, Bradt Travel Guides, page 7
Translations
Catalan marsopa comuna
- marsopa comunaa porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
Danish almindeligt marsvin
- almindeligt marsvina porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
Dutch gewone bruinvis
- gewone bruinvisa porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
Finnish pyöriäinen
- pyöriäinena porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
French marsouin commun
- marsouin communa porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
German kleiner Tümmler, gewöhnlicher Schweinswal
- kleiner Tümmlera porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
- gewöhnlicher Schweinswala porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
- Braunfischa porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
Hungarian barna delfin, közönséges barnadelfin
- barna delfina porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
- közönséges barnadelfina porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
- közönséges disznódelfina porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
Icelandic selhnísa
- selhnísaa porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
Italian focena comune
- focena comunea porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
Polish morświn zwyczajny
- morświn zwyczajnya porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
Portuguese toninha-comum
- toninha-comuma porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
Russian обыкнове́нная морска́я свинья́
- обыкнове́нная морска́я свинья́ (obyknovénnaja morskája svinʹjá)a porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
Spanish marsopa común
- marsopa comúna porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
Swedish vanlig tumlare
- vanlig tumlarea porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
Turkish mutur
- mutura porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
Cite this entry
APA
harbour porpoise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harbour%20porpoise
MLA
“harbour porpoise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harbour%20porpoise. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “harbour porpoise,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harbour%20porpoise.
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