HERRING HOG

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Meaning:

The common porpoise of the northern Atlantic and Pacific

Synonyms:

harbor porpoise; herring hog; Phocoena phocoena

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("herring hog" is a kind of...):

porpoise (any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth)

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