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PRONUNCIATION OF FINLESS PORPOISE

finless porpoise  [ˈfɪnlɪs ˈpɔːpəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FINLESS PORPOISE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Finless porpoise is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FINLESS PORPOISE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

finless porpoise

Finless porpoise

The finless porpoise is one of six porpoise species. A freshwater population found in the Yangtze River in China is known locally as the jiāngtún. In the waters around Japan, at the northern end of its range, it is known as the sunameri. There is a degree of taxonomic uncertainty surrounding the species, with the N. p. phocaenoides subspecies perhaps representing a different species from N. p. sunameri and N. p. asiaeorientalis. Genetic studies indicate that the finless porpoise is the most basal living member of the porpoise family.

Definition of finless porpoise in the English dictionary

The definition of finless porpoise in the dictionary is a porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides of the Indian and pacific Oceans that completely lacks a dorsal fin.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FINLESS PORPOISE


angiocarpous
ˌændʒɪəʊˈkɑːpəs
artocarpus
ˌɑːtəʊˈkɑːpəs
carpometacarpus
ˌkɑːpəʊˌmɛtəˈkɑːpəs
carpus
ˈkɑːpəs
corpus
ˈkɔːpəs
encarpus
ɪnˈkɑːpəs
gawpus
ˈɡɔːpəs
lupous
ˈluːpəs
lupus
ˈluːpəs
metacarpus
ˌmɛtəˈkɑːpəs
multipurpose
ˌmʌltɪˈpɜːpəs
pachycarpous
ˌpækɪˈkɑːpəs
porpess
ˈpɔːpəs
porpoise
ˈpɔːpəs
purpose
ˈpɜːpəs
repurpose
riːˈpɜːpəs
rhizocarpous
ˌraɪzəʊˈkɑːpəs
streptocarpus
ˌstrɛptəˈkɑːpəs
upas
ˈjuːpəs
xylocarpous
ˌzaɪləˈkɑːpəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FINLESS PORPOISE

finitism
finito
finitude
finjan
fink
fink out
Finland
Finlandisation
Finlandization
Finlay
finless
finlike
finlit
finmark
Finn
finnan haddie
finnan haddock
finned
finner
finnesko

WORDS THAT END LIKE FINLESS PORPOISE

Amboise
Anglepoise
background noise
big noise
Boise
bourgeoise
centipoise
counterpoise
equipoise
framboise
genoise
noise
overpoise
pink noise
poise
thermal noise
tortoise
turquoise
vichyssoise
white noise

Synonyms and antonyms of finless porpoise in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «finless porpoise» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FINLESS PORPOISE

Find out the translation of finless porpoise to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of finless porpoise from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «finless porpoise» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

江豚
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

marsopa sin aleta
570 millions of speakers

English

finless porpoise
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

finless शिंशुमार
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

خنزير البحر finless
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

finless свинья
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

toninha finless
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিখরচন্দ্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

marsouin aptère
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Porpoise tanpa cela
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kleinwals
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スナメリスナメリ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

finless 돌고래
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Porpoise tanpa winih
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cá heo không vây
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இளஞ்சிவப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निरोगी रंगाचा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kolsuz enginar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

focena senza derive
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mające płetw morświny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

finless свиня
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

porpoise finless
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

finless φώκαινα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

finless bruinvis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

finless tumlare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

finless nise
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of finless porpoise

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FINLESS PORPOISE»

The term «finless porpoise» is used very little and occupies the 162.802 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FINLESS PORPOISE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about finless porpoise

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FINLESS PORPOISE»

Discover the use of finless porpoise in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to finless porpoise and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals
Interaction with Humans Because of its nearshore habitat, the finless porpoise tends to be threatened by many human activities. Although there is no fishery that takes finless porpoises directly, incidental catches mainly by gill- nets occur ...
William F. Perrin, Bernd Wursig, J. G.M. Thewissen, 2009
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Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises: ...
... brevirostris feeding – rivers and inshore 79 finless porpoise, Breeding, calving, nursing, Not present Neophocaena phocaenoides feeding 80 harbor porpoise, Breeding, calving, nursing, Not usually present Phocoena phocoena feeding 81 ...
Erich Hoyt, 2012
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Contingent Valuation of Yangtze Finless Porpoises in Poyang ...
Population status of Yangtze finless porpoise in the Yangtze river section from Hukou to Nanjing. Acta Theriologica Sinica, 21, 174–179 (in Chinese). Zhang, K. (2007). Poyang Lake: Saving the finless porpoise. Retrieved May 6, 2008, from ...
Yanyan Dong, 2012
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Whales of the World
Formerly and erroneously known as the Black Finless Porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides (G. Cuvier, 1829) THE WHITE-FLANKED PORPOISES Genus PHOCOENOIDES Andrews, 191 1 Photo by. Class Mammalia — The Mammals Order ...
Spencer Wilkie Tinker, 1988
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Marine Mammals of India
3 SCIENTIFIC NAME: Neophocaena phocaenoides (G. Cuvier 1829) OTHER COMMON NAMES: Black Porpoise, Black Finless Porpoise LOCAL NAMES: Malayalam: Eleyan eedi ('rat dolphin'). Malayalam/ Tamil: Minikutty. Tamil: Ongil ( all ...
Kumaran Sathasivam, 2004
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Handbook of Marine Mammals: The Second Book of Dolphins and ...
The morphological characters and the problem of subspecies identification of the finless porpoise. Fish. Sci. China 11, 4-9 (in Chinese with English summary). Wu, B. (1989). The spinal cord of finless porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoid.es.
Sam H. Ridgway, Richard John Harrison, 1999
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An Introduction to Marine Mammal Biology and Conswervation
Since the first description of the finless porpoise in 1829, the taxonomy of these animals has continued to perplex researchers mainly because of the great number of morphological variants that exist. Superficially, finless porpoises resemble ...
Parsons, ECM, 2013
8
Dolphins, Porpoises, and Whales: 1994-1998 Action Plan for ...
This finless porpoise is one of several that have been brought into captivity from the Yangtze River (Changjiang). Finless porpoises are widely distributed in inshore, nearshore and freshwater habitats; they are vulnerable to frequent bycatch in ...
Randall R. Reeves, Stephen Leatherwood, IUCN/SSC Cetacean Specialist Group, 1994
9
Elsevier's Dictionary of Mammals
... f Marsouins aptères i Neofocene Neophocaena phocaenoides Cete - Phocoenidae e Finless Porpoise; Asiatic Black Finless Porpoise; Indian Black Finless Porpoise; Finless Indian Porpoise; Black Finless Porpoise d Indischer Schweinswal; ...
Murray Wrobel, 2006
10
Dolphins, Whales and Porpoises: 2002-2010 Conservation ...
Porpoises Finless porpoise DD Indian Ocean finless porpoise NE Western Pacific finless porpoise NE Yangtze River finless porpoise EN Harbor porpoise VU North Atlantic harbor porpoise NE Western North Pacific harbor NE porpoise  ...
Randall R. Reeves, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FINLESS PORPOISE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term finless porpoise is used in the context of the following news items.
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Blue whale dies on Alibaug beach
Since April, carcasses of five humpback dolphins, a finless porpoise, a humpback whale and a sea turtle have washed ashore on beaches at ... «Mumbai Mirror, Jun 15»
2
New Home For Critically Endangered Porpoises
AsianScientist (Apr. 8, 2015) - The critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise received a lifeline when the Chinese government executed a ... «Asian Scientist Magazine, Apr 15»
3
Newborn dolphin dies at Ocean Park; 2 more found dead on Hong …
Yesterday morning, police received another report of a dead finless porpoise - this time a 158cm-long adult, which was discovered at a beach ... «South China Morning Post, Apr 15»
4
The Reason This Unique and Critically Endangered Porpoise Is …
That's why today is a banner day for the Yangtze finless porpoise. Early on March 27, as the sun rose in China, four of the animals completed a ... «TakePart, Mar 15»
5
China races to save the Yangtze finless porpoise
Determined to save the last mammals in the Yangtze River from extinction, China plans to relocate eight critically endangered finless porpoise's ... «PBS NewsHour, Mar 15»
6
Desperate mission to save China's precious 'water pandas'
The Yangtze finless porpoise is facing the same fate as their cousin, the river dolphins which were officially declared extinct in 2006, wiped out ... «Daily Mail, Mar 15»
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Carcass of finless porpoise found in E. China
The carcass of an adult finless porpoise is found alongside the river bank in a village in east China's Jiangxi province on March 16. «ecns, Mar 15»
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Project suspended to make way for finless porpoises
A 500 million yuan waterway construction project has been suspended to make way for the black finless porpoise, an endangered species in ... «China.org.cn, Jan 15»
9
Saving the survivor: China scrambles to keep the finless porpoise
The finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaorientalis) has a blunt nose, a little like a beluga whale except smaller. It's not closely ... «Mongabay.com, Oct 14»
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Yangtze River's finless porpoise closer to extinction than previously …
As the only freshwater sub-species of the whole porpoise family, the finless porpoise sits at the top of the food chain in the Yangtze River. «Shanghaiist, Nov 13»

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