porpoise
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A viewing gallery will show everything from penguin health checks to ultrasounds on pregnant aardvarks and even porpoise post-mortems - things never before seen publicly in the UK.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
Another threat to the finless porpoise, however, might be harder to resolve.
From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025
Not only that, but over the last five years of records, porpoise numbers have gone up by nearly a quarter.
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
The second was a girl aboard a Caribbean cruise ship in 1939, who threw her cigarette lighter at a porpoise.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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