TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS

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Meaning:

The most common dolphin of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; often kept captive and trained to perform

Synonyms:

Atlantic bottlenose dolphin; Tursiops truncatus

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Tursiops truncatus" is a kind of...):

bottle-nosed dolphin; bottlenose; bottlenose dolphin (any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean)

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