seahog (sehog)

A porpoise; a sea-pig. The old popular idea which affixed the name of Sea Hog to the Porpoise contains a larger element of truth than the speculations of many accomplished zoologists of modern times. W. H. Flower , Encyc. Brit., XV. 394. sea-holly (sē'holi), n. The eringo, Eryngium maritimum. Also sea - holm and sea - hulver . See eringo and Eryngium. sea-holm1 (se hõlm), n. AS. sæholm , the sea.) isle. [