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HERRING HOG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does herring hog mean?
• HERRING HOG (noun)
The noun HERRING HOG has 1 sense:
1. the common porpoise of the northern Atlantic and Pacific
Familiarity information: HERRING HOG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The common porpoise of the northern Atlantic and Pacific
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
harbor porpoise; herring hog; Phocoena phocoena
Hypernyms ("herring hog" is a kind of...):
porpoise (any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth)
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