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spinner dolphin

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Definition of spinner dolphin

: a long-beaked dolphin (Stenella longirostris) that is typically dark gray above and white below and that is noted for its habit of spinning in the air when breaching

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 Maddalena Fumagalli, a cetacean biologist at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, investigates these issues in a study on spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) published today in Royal Society Open Science. — Virginia Morell, Science | AAAS, "Is swimming with dolphins a good idea?," 24 Apr. 2018

First Known Use of spinner dolphin

1976, in the meaning defined above

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