seaswine

English

Alternative forms

• sea-swine, sea swine

Etymology

From sea +‎ swine. Compare Middle English brunswin (“porpoise”), English mereswine (“porpoise, dolphin”).

Noun

1. porpoises
   • 1828, John Davidson Godman, American natural history:

     The seaswine are almost always seen in troops, especially in their sexual season, which is in the month of August.

Synonyms

• mereswine
• seahog
• seapig