Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

harbour porpoise

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English

Syllables: har-bour -por-poise
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, that inhabits coastal areas and river estuaries.

Example Sentences

"Smaller than a human being at roughly 1.5m in length, the harbour porpoise is not easy to spot."

Inflected Forms

harbour porpoises (plural)

Questions

What does harbour porpoise mean?: A porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, that inhabits coastal areas and river estuaries.

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