tursiops truncatus

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   the most common dolphin of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; often kept captive and trained to perform

   SynonymsAtlantic bottlenose dolphin

   Broaderbottlenose dolphin

Questions about tursiops truncatus

What does tursiops truncatus mean?

tursiops truncatus means "the most common dolphin of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; often kept captive and trained to perform".

What is another word for tursiops truncatus?

Close synonyms include Atlantic bottlenose dolphin. 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 tursiops truncatus a common word?

tursiops truncatus 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.