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vaquita

Flag: gbEnglishOxford New American Dictionary

vaquita /vaˈkēdə, væˈkidə /
noun a small porpoise found in the Gulf of California and now endangered.
Phocoena sinus, family Phocoenidae.
– ORIGIN 1950s : Spanish, diminutive of vaca cow, from Latin vacca.