seaswine

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noun

A porpoise or dolphin.

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sea hogsea pigmereswine
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Meanings

nounseaswine (plural seaswines or seaswine)

plural seaswines · alternative sea-swine · alternative sea swine

  1. archaicA porpoise or dolphin.

    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: sea hog, sea pig, mereswine

  2. A ballan wrasse.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA porpoise or dolphin.

Similar
sea hogsea pigmereswine
Also see
mereswinephocoenidporpoisesea hogsea pig

Origin

From sea + swine. Compare sea hog. Compare also Middle English brunswyne (“porpoise”).

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Cite this entry
APA

seaswine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seaswine

MLA

“seaswine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seaswine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seaswine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seaswine.

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