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VAQUITA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vaquita mean?
• VAQUITA (noun)
The noun VAQUITA has 1 sense:
1. a short porpoise that lives in the Gulf of California; an endangered species
Familiarity information: VAQUITA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A short porpoise that lives in the Gulf of California; an endangered species
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Phocoena sinus; vaquita
Hypernyms ("vaquita" is a kind of...):
porpoise (any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth)
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