vaquita

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English

Vaquitas (Phocoena sinus)
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Etymology

From Spanish vaquita (“little cow”), diminutive of vaca (“cow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vəˈkiːtə/
  • Rhymes: -iːtə
  • Hyphenation: va‧qui‧ta

Noun

vaquita (plural vaquitas)

  1. A critically endangered porpoise, the smallest of its kind, Phocoena sinus, endemic to the northern part of the Gulf of California, Mexico.
    • 2015 November 5, “Whale of a deal”, in New Scientist‎, number 3098, page 6:
      THE world’s smallest porpoise may have a fighting chance. The vaquita might be saved from extinction by an agreement at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Portoroz, Slovenia, last week.
      Unique to the Gulf of California, the vaquita has seen its numbers collapse to 59 in 2015.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈkita/
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Syllabification: va‧qui‧ta

Noun

vaquita f (plural vaquitas)

  1. diminutive of vaca, little cow
    Synonym: vaquilla

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