porpoises
Dolphins' stockier cousins
Porpoises is the plural of porpoise, a small toothed whale related to dolphins but typically smaller and stouter, with a blunt snout rather than a beak.
Porpoises surface to breathe with a characteristic rolling motion.
The verb porpoises describes similar undulating movement: The boat porpoised through the waves, The submarine porpoised to the surface.
Aquatic mammal order
- dolphinEcholocating marine mammal
- whaleHuge sea mammal
- mammalWarm-blooded, milk-producing animal
- blowholeWhale's breathing aperture
echolocation · flippers · marine · aquatic · oceanic · warm-blooded · vertebrate · nursing
Seed case or cetacean group
- schoolPlace of instruction
- herdGrazing animals together
- gamLimb in dated slang
- shoalShallow water hazard
congregation · aggregation · cluster · bunch · gathering · assembly · collection · company
cetacean
Aquatic mammal order
blowhole · echolocation · flippers · marine · aquatic · oceanic · warm-blooded · vertebrate · nursing · breathing
pod
Seed case or cetacean group
shoal · congregation · aggregation · cluster · bunch · gathering · assembly · collection · company · troop
- Coastal AlaskaSitka, Juneau, Ketchikan, Glacier Bay, fjords
- mammalsbears, bats, sheep, cats, anteater
- Cetaceanswhale, dolphin, dolphins, whales, orca
- bycatchsea turtles, dolphins, sharks, seabirds, rays
- nektondolphins, whales, sharks, sea turtles, swordfish
- open oceanopen ocean, twilight zone, midnight zone, surface water, water column
porpoisesdolphins
Smart aquatic mammals
bottlenose dolphins · orcas · killer whales · pilot whales · seals
porpoisesblue whales
Largest cetaceans on Earth
humpback whales · sperm whales · right whales · fin whales · gray whales