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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 Pacificplay

  Familiarity information: HERRING HOG used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HERRING HOG (noun)


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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