† tursionn.
Obsolete. rare.
A porpoise.
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the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Phocaenidae (porpoise)
swineeOE
mereswineeOE
pellock1331
sea-swine1398
porpoisea1425
brownswinec1440
bassinatc1540
pollantine1558
sea-hog1580
hogfish1611
tursion1655
tumbler1694
sea-pig1826
snuffer1829
puffing pig1845
puff-pig1861
puffer1884
1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xviii. 165 Porpesses, Tursions, or sea-hogs, are..never good till they be fat.
1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 217 Porpaise... Tursions, or Sea-hoggs are fatter than Dolphins.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Tursio or Tyrsio, a Sea-fish like a Dolphin, which some take for a Sturgeon, and others for a Porpoise.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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