spotted dolphin
English
Etymology
From spotted + dolphin.
Noun
spotted dolphin (plural spotted dolphins)
- Any of two species of dolphins of the genus Stenella.
- 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, 2013 edition, Granta Books, page 59:
- 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.
- Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis)
- pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata)
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References
- spotted dolphin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Stenella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Stenella on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons