英和和英

語源

From sea +‎ swine. Compare sea hog. Compare also 中期英語 brunswyne (“porpoise”).

名詞

seaswine (plural seaswines or seaswine)

1. (archaic) A porpoise or dolphin.

   Synonyms: sea hog, sea pig, mereswine

   Hypernyms: whale (loose sense), cetacean < mammal < vertebrate < animal < organism < creature

   Hyponyms: porpoise, phocoenid, dolphin

   Coordinate term: whale (precise sense)

   • 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.