Sc. [Ca’ing (calling: see CALL) = driving like a herd or flock.] The round-headed porpoise, which frequents the shores of Orkney, the Faroe Isles, and Iceland.
c. 1865. Letheby, in Circ. Sc., I. 103/1. The round-headed porpoise, or ca’ing whale (Phocæna melas).
1879. Daily News, 23 Aug., 6/2. Upwards of a hundred whales—the ‘cáing’ whale (delphinus deductor)—were driven ashore in Shetland.
