Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A porpoise.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A porpoise.

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  • noun A porpoise.

Etymologies

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Compare Gaelic peileag.

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Examples

  • Did not the devil appear in the midst of the Tay, dressed in a priest’s scapular, gambolling like a pellack amongst the waves, the morning when our stately bridge was swept away?”

    The Fair Maid of Perth 2008

  • Did not the devil appear in the midst of the Tay, dressed in a priest's scapular, gambolling like a pellack amongst the waves, the morning when our stately bridge was swept away? "

    The Fair Maid of Perth St. Valentine's Day Walter Scott 1801

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