seaswine

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

seaswine (plural seaswines or seaswine)

  1. (archaic) A porpoise.
    • 1828, John Davidson Godman, American natural history:
      The seaswine are almost always seen in troops, especially in their sexual season, which is in the month of August.
  2. A ballan wrasse.
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