porpoise

• It was no more a human than it had been a porpoise, a killer whale, or a great white shark. —  AnalogSF,Mar2004
• A dolphin and a porpoise were also found dead Wednesday in Brewster, but no further details were available. —  News for turnto10.com
• Given an abundant source of food and the fact that the porpoise was able to navigate itself to avoid the team's nets, Schoelkopf said that he felt the porpoise was healthy enough and that they wouldn't pursue any further action. —  Press of Atlantic City: Editorials
• He puffed like a porpoise, and at first could hardly speak Where were--you--all?" —  The Last of the Plainsmen
• He had on his head long green hair; his face was shaped like that of a porpoise, and he had a beard of the colour of ooze If the people were frightened at seeing a man who could live in the water like a fish or a duck, how much more were they frightened when they saw that from his breast down he was actually fish, or rather two fishes, for each of his legs was a whole and distinct fish. —  Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian

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