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spotted dolphin

spotted dolphin noun: any of two species of dolphins of the genus Stenella.

spotted dolphin: any of two species of dolphins of the genus Stenella
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Noun

spotted dolphin (plural spotted dolphins)

  1. Any of two species of dolphins of the genus Stenella.
    • Spotted dolphins perform ‘genital buzzing’, in which an adult directs a rapid stream of low-pitched clicks at the genital area of another, usually a calf.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 59
    1. Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis)
    2. pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata)

Forms of spotted dolphin

pluralspotted dolphins

Origin of spotted dolphin

From spotted + dolphin.

Questions about spotted dolphin

What does spotted dolphin mean?
Spotted dolphin means any of two species of dolphins of the genus Stenella.
What part of speech is spotted dolphin?
Spotted dolphin is a noun.
What is the plural of spotted dolphin?
The plural of spotted dolphin is spotted dolphins.

Words near spotted dolphin in the dictionary

  1. spotted deers
  2. spotted dick
  3. spotted dicks
  4. spotted dog
  5. spotted dogs
  6. spotted dolphin
  7. spotted dolphins
  8. spotted dragonet
  9. spotted dragonets
  10. spotted eagle
  11. spotted eagle ray

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