Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The common porpoise, Phocæna communis.
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Examples
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In a few moments it was all out, and then the motor-boat gave a jump forward and rushed after the herring-hog.
Around the World in Ten Days Chelsea Curtis Fraser
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Mr. Choate promptly announced this to be a "herring-hog," a species of porpoise, and ordered the boat turned that way.
Around the World in Ten Days Chelsea Curtis Fraser
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The creature proved to be a full-grown herring-hog, weighing around four hundred pounds, and as this species destroys great numbers of foodfish, Mr. Choate made preparations to attack it.
Around the World in Ten Days Chelsea Curtis Fraser
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This act slowed up the herring-hog noticeably, but still his prodigious strength carried the craft forward.
Around the World in Ten Days Chelsea Curtis Fraser
bilby commented on the word herring-hog
Neither herring nor hog, 0 for 2.
August 4, 2022