DELPHINUS DELPHIS

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Meaning:

Black-and-white dolphin that leaps high out of the water

Synonyms:

common dolphin; Delphinus delphis

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Delphinus delphis" is a kind of...):

dolphin (any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises)

Holonyms ("Delphinus delphis" is a member of...):

Delphinus; genus Delphinus (type genus of the Delphinidae)

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