vaquita
Meaning
Noun
- A small and critically endangered porpoise, Phocoena sinus (species), endemic to the northern part of the Gulf of California, Mexico.
Related
Similar words
- cochito
- desert porpoise
- Gulf of California harbor porpoise
- Gulf of California porpoise
- gulf porpoise
- vaquita marina
- vaquita porpoise
Origin
- From Spanish vaquita ("little cow"), diminutive of vaca.
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