porpoise

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"Now that those have become extinct, we're going to save the Yangtze river porpoise," Professor Wang Xi tells the BBC.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

He notified the local authorities, who shut down that section of river to all shipping until it could be rescued – and it turned out the soon-to-be freed porpoise was pregnant.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

It is the porpoise numbers, however, that tell the most convincing story.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

Henry V of Shakespearean fame, hosted a feast that offered 40 different types of fish, including roast porpoise.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2024

"But Grandmamma," I said, "how did they know that the porpoise was actually Leif?"

From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl