noun
a genus of Delphinidae
• Syn: ↑genus Tursiops
• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Delphinidae, ↑family Delphinidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑bottlenose dolphin, ↑bottle-nosed dolphin, ↑bottlenose
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\\ˈtərsēˌäps\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Tursio, genus of dolphins (from Latin, a kind of dolphin, from Greek thyrsiōn, from thyrsos thyrsus) + -ops
: a genus of rather large heavy-bodied dolphins having a truncate beak and a dorsal fin shaped like a sickle
Useful english dictionary. 2012.