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Porpoise

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Any small cetacean of the genus Phocaeligna especially Phocaeligna communis or Phocaeligna phocaeligna of Europe and the closely allied American species Phocaeligna Americana The color is dusky or blackish above paler beneath They are closely allied to the dolphins but have a shorter snout Called also harbor porpoise herring hag puffing pig and snuffer

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