tursiop

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noun

A bottlenose dolphin (of the genus Tursiops).

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Meanings

nountursiop (plural tursiops)

plural tursiops

  1. nonstandardrareA bottlenose dolphin (of the genus Tursiops).

    After the detection of a whistle, the localization of the tursiop is performed comparing the sound direction and the arrival time for each detection unit.

    2016 January 21, “A Permanent Automated Real-Time Passive Acoustic Monitoring System for Bottlenose Dolphin Conservation in the Mediterranean Sea”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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