1. имя существительное [зоология] морская свинья ([латинский язык] Phocoena phocoena; семейство морских млекопитающих подотряда зубатых китов) 2. глагол [авиация, жаргонное] "козлить", подпрыгивать, прыгать Синоним(ы): leap, jump
дельфинировать, подпрыгивать
I. noun Etymology: Middle English porpoys, from Anglo-French porpeis, from Medieval Latin porcopiscis, from Latin porcus pig + piscis fish — more at farrow, fish 1. any of a family (Phocoenidae) of small gregarious toothed whales; especially a blunt-snouted usually largely black whale (Phocoena phocoena) of the North Atlantic and North Pacific that is five to eight feet (1.5 to 2.4 meters) long 2. dolphin 1a(1) II. intransitive verb 1. to leap or plunge like a porpoise Example: penguins…porpoise out of the water — David Lewis 2. to rise and fall repeatedly