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# vaquita

noun (vaquita, vaquitas)

«vaquita» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaquita/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaquita/#x1)
- Only a few vaquitas are left in the wild. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaquita/#x2)
- Vaquitas get trapped in fishing nets by mistake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaquita/#x3)
- A vaquita has dark rings around its eyes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaquita/#x4)
- Scientists are trying to save the vaquita. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaquita/#x5)
- Vaquitas live only in one small part of the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaquita/#x6)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «vaquita» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaquita/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«vaquita» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/vaquita.html) on Mova free.