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poÌ‚r´pus (the Revised Version margin has “porpoise-skin†for ×ªÖ¼×—×©× ×¢×•×¨, ‛oÌ„r tahÌ£ash, the Revised Version (British and American) “sealskin,†the King James Version “badgers' skins†(; ; , ; ; ; , , , , , , ; )): The word denotes leather used in the furnishings of the tabernacle (for shoes in ), and was probably the skin of the dugong, Halichore dugong, Arabic tukhas, which is found in the Red Sea. See BADGER.