family Delphinidae

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Noun1.family Delphinidae - dolphins
Delphinidae
mammal family - a family of mammals
Odontoceti, suborder Odontoceti - toothed whales: dolphins; porpoises; sperm whales; beaked whales
dolphin - any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises
genus Delphinus, Delphinus - type genus of the Delphinidae
genus Tursiops, Tursiops - a genus of Delphinidae
genus Phocoena, Phocoena - porpoises
genus Grampus - grampus
genus Orcinus, Orcinus - killer whales
genus Globicephala, Globicephala - pilot whales
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A member of the family Delphinidae of toothed whales, spinners have a long thin snout and can spin multiple times in one leap, which can be nearly 10 feet high.
Efforts on to save dolphin stranded in Clifton's shallow waters in Karachi
Spatial models of delphinid (family Delphinidae) encounter rate and group size in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.
Avistamientos y detecciones acusticas de cetaceos durante un sondeo sismico en aguas fuera de las costas de Nicaragua y Costa Rica, en Noviembre y Diciembre 2004
Such findings are not as clear as the sequence of suture closure detected in other species of the Family Delphinidae (e.g., Stenella spp., L.
Fusion de suturas craneales en el delfin franciscana, Pontoporia blainvillei (Gervais and D'Orbigny, 1844)
Contributions to the natural history of the cetaceans; a review of the family Delphinidae. Bulletin no.
Possible stock structure of coastal bottlenose dolphins off Baja California and California revealed by photo-identification research
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