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COMMON DOLPHIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Black-and-white dolphin that leaps high out of the water
Synonyms:
common dolphin; Delphinus delphis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("common dolphin" is a kind of...):
dolphin (any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises)
Holonyms ("common dolphin" is a member of...):
Delphinus; genus Delphinus (type genus of the Delphinidae)