As the seat of Miami-Dade County, the municipality is the principal, central, and most populous of its metropolitan area and part of the second-most populous metropolis in the southeastern United States.
porpoise (plural porpoises) A small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to whales and dolphins. (Canada, US, imprecisely) Any small dolphin. Synonyms . garfish, mereswine, sea hog, sea pig, seaswine; Translations
Harbor porpoises, Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758), aka common porpoise, are small cetaceans with a rotund, stocky body that tapers toward the tailstock. This porpoise reaches a maximum length of 1.9 m and maximum weight of 90 kg. On average, harbor porpoises are smaller, and do not exceed 1.5 m or weigh more than 60 kg. The females are slightly larger than the males. This porpoise has no beak, but a blunt, rounded snout is present. There are 22-28 small, spade-shaped teeth on each side of the upper jaw and 22-26 on each side of the lower jaw.