RIVER DOLPHIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does river dolphin mean? 

• RIVER DOLPHIN (noun)
  The noun RIVER DOLPHIN has 1 sense:

1. any of several long-snouted usually freshwater dolphins of South America and southern Asia

  Familiarity information: RIVER DOLPHIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIVER DOLPHIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several long-snouted usually freshwater dolphins of South America and southern Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("river dolphin" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("river dolphin" is a member of...):

family Platanistidae; Platanistidae (river dolphins)

 Context examples 

Ten species have been selected for this task, including the jaguar, the howler monkey, and the pink river dolphin.

(Amazon jungle animals to be monitored by sensors, Agência Brasil)