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spotted dolphins

spotted dolphins is the plural of spotted dolphin.

Meaning of spotted dolphin

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)

Questions about spotted dolphins

What is spotted dolphins the plural of?
Spotted dolphins is the plural of spotted dolphin.

Words near spotted dolphins in the dictionary

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

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