Common name of Phocoena dioptrica
 
Common Name Spectacled porpoise
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official Trade Name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Antarctic
Locality
Ref. Schulz, M. and R. Gales, 2004
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core primary lexeme
1st Modifier color pattern(s)
2nd Modifier
Remarks 'porpoise', from Old French 'porpeis', i.e. 'pork fish'; 'spectacle', from Old French 'spectacle', from Latin 'spectare', i.e., 'to view'.
 
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