common dolphin

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

   SynonymsDelphinus delphis

   Broaderdolphin

   Part ofDelphinus

Questions about common dolphin

What does common dolphin mean?

common dolphin means "black-and-white dolphin that leaps high out of the water".

What is another word for common dolphin?

Close synonyms include Delphinus delphis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is common dolphin a common word?

common dolphin is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.