Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tursiops_truncatus
1 sense of tursiops truncatus
Sense 1
Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus -- (the most common dolphin of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; often kept captive and trained to perform)
=> bottlenose dolphin, bottle-nosed dolphin, bottlenose -- (any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean)