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spinner dolphin

spinner dolphin noun: a species of small dolphin (Stenella longirostris).

spinner dolphin: a species of small dolphin (Stenella longirostris)
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Noun

spinner dolphin (plural spinner dolphins)

  1. A species of small dolphin (Stenella longirostris).
    • Spinner dolphins of both sexes sometimes engage in orgies of more than a dozen individuals, known as ‘wuzzles’.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 59

Forms of spinner dolphin

pluralspinner dolphins

Questions about spinner dolphin

What does spinner dolphin mean?
Spinner dolphin means a species of small dolphin (Stenella longirostris).
What part of speech is spinner dolphin?
Spinner dolphin is a noun.
What is the plural of spinner dolphin?
The plural of spinner dolphin is spinner dolphins.

Words near spinner dolphin in the dictionary

  1. spinnbarkeits
  2. spinned
  3. spinnel
  4. spinnels
  5. spinner
  6. spinner dolphin
  7. spinner dolphins
  8. spinner knob
  9. spinner knobs
  10. spinner wheel
  11. spinner wheels

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