porpoise

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Yet the finless porpoise, which belongs to the oldest living branch of the porpoise family tree, remains critically endangered today.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

Another threat to the finless porpoise, however, might be harder to resolve.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

The construction of the main part of Three Gorges Dam in 2006 didn't directly impact the finless porpoise, which don't have to go upstream to spawn, although it did affect the fish they eat.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

While they would not have feasted on porpoise, a goose or pig would have been heartily consumed in a time when meat was too expensive for most people to eat regularly.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2024

In the dining halls the older gentlemen, who had spoiled their palates with drinking, were relishing those strange delicacies of the Middle Ages—the strong flavours of whale and porpoise.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White