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Middle English
Alternative forms
- perpes, porpais, porpas, purpays, porpes, porpeyse, porpos, porpoys, porpus, purpaysse, purpeys, purpois, purpose, purpoys
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French porpeis, from Vulgar Latin *porcopiscis; compare pork.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔrˈpæi̯s/, /ˈpɔrpis/
Noun
porpeys
- porpoise (cetacean of family Phocoenidae)
- Synonyms: (rare) brunswyn, mereswyn
- porpoise meat (as food)
- Synonym: (rare) tumberel
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