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seaswine
English
Alternative forms
- sea-swine, sea swine
Etymology
From sea +? swine. Compare Middle English brunswin (“porpoise”).
Noun
seaswine pl (plural only)
- Porpoises.
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mereswine
English
Alternative forms
- mereswyne, merswine (Scotland)
Etymology
From Middle English mereswin (“porpoise, dolphin”), from Old English meresw?n (“porpoise, dolphin”), from Proto-West Germanic *marisw?n, from Proto-Germanic *marisw?n? (“dolphin, porpoise, cetacean”); synchronically analyzable as mere +? swine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m??(?)?swa?n/
Noun
mereswine (plural mereswines or mereswine)
- (rare, poetic, archaic) A porpoise or dolphin.
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