dolphin : Idioms & Phrases
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atlantic bottlenose dolphin
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noun the most common dolphin of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; often kept captive and trained to perform
Tursiops truncatus.
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bottle-nosed dolphin
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noun any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean
bottlenose; bottle-nosed dolphin.
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bottlenose dolphin
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noun any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean
bottlenose; bottle-nosed dolphin.
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common dolphin
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noun black-and-white dolphin that leaps high out of the water;
Delphinus delphis.
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Dolphin fly
(Zoöl.) , the black, bean, or collier, Aphis (Aphis fable ), destructive to beans.
Webster 1913
dolphin kick
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noun a swimming kick; an up and down kick of the feet together
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dolphin oil
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noun an unsaturated fatty oil obtained from dolphins and used as a fine lubricant
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Dolphin striker
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noun spar under the bowsprit of a sailboat
martingale.
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(Naut.) , a short vertical spar under the bowsprit.
Webster 1913
pacific bottlenose dolphin
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noun a bottlenose dolphin found in the Pacific Ocean
Tursiops gilli.
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river dolphin
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noun any of several long-snouted usually freshwater dolphins of South America and southern Asia