spotted dolphin
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]spotted dolphin (plural spotted dolphins)
- Any of two species of dolphins of the genus Stenella.
- 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 59:
- Spotted dolphins perform ‘genital buzzing’, in which an adult directs a rapid stream of low-pitched clicks at the genital area of another, usually a calf.
References
[edit]spotted dolphin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Stenella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Stenella on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons