▪ I. poggy
(ˈpɒgɪ)
Also poggie.
[Origin unknown.]
A small arctic whale; supposed to be the young of the common whale, Balæna mysticetus.
| 1874 C. M. Scammon Marine Mamm. i. v. 60 The whales of this sea [Sea of Okhotsk]..are the same species as those of the Arctic; although in the bays is found, in addition, a very small whale called the ‘Poggy’, which yields but little oil. |
▪ II. poggy
var. pogy.