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HERRING HOG

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• HERRING HOG (noun)
The noun HERRING HOG has 1 sense:

1. the common porpoise of the northern Atlantic and Pacific

Familiarity information: HERRING HOG used as a noun is very rare.

• HERRING HOG (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The common porpoise of the northern Atlantic and Pacific

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

harbor porpoise; herring hog; Phocaena phocaena

Hypernyms ("herring hog" is a kind of...):

porpoise (any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth)

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