vaquita

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A critically endangered porpoise, the smallest of its kind, Phocoena sinus, endemic to the northern part of the Gulf of California, Mexico.

/vəˈkiːtə/

vaquita vaquitas

From Spanish vaquita (“little cow”), diminutive of vaca (“cow”).

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sea cow porpoise blue whale

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