Seaswine

Alternative forms

• sea-swine, sea swine

Origin

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

Full definition of seaswine

Noun

1. A porpoise.
• 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