Tursiops

See also: tursiops

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin tursiō (“a kind of dolphin”) (see also Tursio, syn. of Physeter) +‎ -ops.

Proper noun

Tursiops m

A taxonomic genus within the family Delphinidae – the bottlenose dolphins.

Hyponyms

(genus): Tursiops aduncus, Tursiops australis, Tursiops truncatus (type) - species

References

Tursiops on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Tursiops on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Tursiops on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Tursiops in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.

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