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tursiops

tursiops is the plural of tursiop.

Meaning of tursiop

Noun

tursiop (plural tursiops)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) A bottlenose dolphin (of the genus Tursiops).
    • After the detection of a whistle, the localization of the tursiop is performed comparing the sound direction and the arrival time for each detection unit.2016 January 21, “A Permanent Automated Real-Time Passive Acoustic Monitoring System for Bottlenose Dolphin Conservation in the Mediterranean Sea”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about tursiops

What is tursiops the plural of?
Tursiops is the plural of tursiop.

Words near tursiops in the dictionary

  1. turrón
  2. turs
  3. Tursdale
  4. Tursi
  5. tursiop
  6. tursiops
  7. Tursis
  8. Tursunay
  9. Tursunzoda
  10. turt
  11. turtan

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