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white-sided dolphins

white-sided dolphins is the plural of white-sided dolphin.

Meaning of white-sided dolphin

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

Questions about white-sided dolphins

What is white-sided dolphins the plural of?
White-sided dolphins is the plural of white-sided dolphin.

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  6. white-sided dolphins
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  10. white-spotted
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