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P phocaena
Porpoise Por"poise, n. [OE. porpeys, OF. porpeis, literally, hog fish, from L. porcus swine + piscis fish. See Pork, and Fish.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any small cetacean of the genus Phoc[ae]na, especially P. communis, or P. phoc[ae]na, of Europe, and the closely allied American species (P. Americana). The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and snuffer. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A true dolphin (Delphinus); -- often so called by sailors. Skunk porpoise, or Bay porpoise (Zo["o]l.), a North American porpoise (Lagenorhynchus acutus), larger than the common species, and with broad stripes of white and yellow on the sides. See Illustration in Appendix.

Meaning of P phocaena from wikipedia

- Phocoenidae PaleoDB taxon number: 63542 Alternative spellings: Delphinus (Phocaena), Phocaena Synonyms: Acanthodelphis Gray 1866 (no. 102874), Australophocaena...
- distinct po****tions representing distinct races: P. p. phocoena in the North Atlantic and West Africa, P. p. relicta in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov, an...
- Clapham, P. & Powell, J. (2002). Guide to Marine Mammals of the World. New York: A.A. Knopf. p. 292. ISBN 978-0-375-41141-0. Pimper, L.E.; Goodall, R.N.P.; Remis...
- of Antwerp] (in French). Bruxelles, Polleunis and Ceuterick, Imprimeurs. p. 79. L. J. Fitzinger. 1860. Wissenschaftlich-populäre Naturgeschichte der...
- white-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris), and harbour porpoise (Phocaena phocaena). The hunting of these species is carried out in much the same way...
- from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022. Stacey, P. J.; Arnold, P. W. (1999). "Orcaella brevirostris". Mammalian Species (616): 1–8....
- and the problematic odontocetes Pachypleurus, Phocaena euxinica, and Delphinus bessarabicus. Gol'din P. (2018) New Paratethyan dwarf baleen whales mark...
- Φωκᾶς, translit. Phōkâs) or Phocas (Latinized), feminine form Phokaina or Phocaena (Φώκαινα, Phṓkaina), was the name of a Byzantine aristocratic clan from...
- toothed grampus" in light of this and ****igned the animal to the genus Phocaena (a genus of porpoises) which Risso's dolphin was also ****igned to in 1846...
- discovered by telescope. English comparative anatomist Edward Tyson publishes Phocæna, or The anatomy of a porpess, dissected at Gresham Colledge, concluding...