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GENUS TURSIOPS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Tursiops mean?
• GENUS TURSIOPS (noun)
The noun GENUS TURSIOPS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Delphinidae
Familiarity information: GENUS TURSIOPS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Delphinidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Tursiops; Tursiops
Hypernyms ("genus Tursiops" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Tursiops"):
bottle-nosed dolphin; bottlenose; bottlenose dolphin (any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean)
Holonyms ("genus Tursiops" is a member of...):
Delphinidae; family Delphinidae (dolphins)
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