seaswine

noun

1. A porpoise or dolphin.

   archaic

   The seaswine are almost always seen in troops, especially in their sexual season, which is in the month of August.

2. A ballan wrasse.

Where it comes from

From sea + swine. Compare sea hog. Compare also Middle English brunswyne (“porpoise”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry seaswine (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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