HyperDic: herring_hog

English > 1 sense of the expression herring hog:
NOUNanimalherring hog, harbor porpoise, Phocoena phocoenathe common porpoise of the northern Atlantic and Pacific
English > herring hog: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningThe common porpoise of the northern Atlantic and Pacific.
Synonymsharbor porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
BroaderporpoiseAny of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth
CatalanPhocoena phocoena

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