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white-sided dolphin

white-sided dolphin noun: any dolphin of the species Leucopleurus acutus and Aethalodelphis obliquidens which have conspicuous white markings on the sides of their body.

white-sided dolphin: any dolphin of the species Leucopleurus acutus and Aethalodelphis obliquidens which have...
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Noun

white-sided dolphin (plural white-sided dolphins)

  1. Any dolphin of the species Leucopleurus acutus and Aethalodelphis obliquidens which have conspicuous white markings on the sides of their body.
    • The white-sided dolphin is very agile and often breaches and lobtails, surfacing to breathe about every 15 seconds.2019, James Proctor, Faroe Islands, 5th edition, Bradt Travel Guides, page 7

Forms of white-sided dolphin

pluralwhite-sided dolphins

Questions about white-sided dolphin

What does white-sided dolphin mean?
White-sided dolphin means any dolphin of the species Leucopleurus acutus and Aethalodelphis obliquidens which have conspicuous white markings on the sides of their body.
What part of speech is white-sided dolphin?
White-sided dolphin is a noun.
What is the plural of white-sided dolphin?
The plural of white-sided dolphin is white-sided dolphins.

Words near white-sided dolphin in the dictionary

  1. white-shouldered black tit
  2. white-shouldered black tits
  3. white-shouldered fairywren
  4. white-shouldered fairywrens
  5. white-sick
  6. white-sided dolphin
  7. white-sided dolphins
  8. white-slaving
  9. white-spot disease
  10. white-spot diseases
  11. white-spotted

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