vaquita

«vaquita» in Mova's school dictionary: A very small porpoise that lives only in the northern… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (vaquita, vaquitas)

meaning for a pupil

A very small porpoise that lives only in the northern Gulf of California, in Mexico, and is the most endangered sea mammal in the world. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and nature lessons the vaquita is an example of an animal close to extinction, with only about ten left, because it gets caught in fishing nets. Its name is Spanish for «little cow». It has dark rings around its eyes like a panda.

examples

• The vaquita is the smallest porpoise in the world. tree →
• Only a few vaquitas are left in the wild. tree →
• Vaquitas get trapped in fishing nets by mistake. tree →
• A vaquita has dark rings around its eyes. tree →
• Scientists are trying to save the vaquita. tree →
• Vaquitas live only in one small part of the sea. tree →

note

Say it «va-KEE-ta». It comes from Spanish. It is a porpoise, not a dolphin or a whale, though they are related.

In the corpora

• The vaquita, a porpoise in Mexico, is the rarest sea mammal; around ten were reported in recent surveys.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «vaquita» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.