DELPHINUS DELPHIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Delphinus delphis mean? 

• DELPHINUS DELPHIS (noun)
  The noun DELPHINUS DELPHIS has 1 sense:

1. black-and-white dolphin that leaps high out of the water

  Familiarity information: DELPHINUS DELPHIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DELPHINUS DELPHIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Black-and-white dolphin that leaps high out of the water

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

common dolphin; Delphinus delphis

Hypernyms ("Delphinus delphis" is a kind of...):

dolphin (any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises)

Holonyms ("Delphinus delphis" is a member of...):

Delphinus; genus Delphinus (type genus of the Delphinidae)