dauphin

Definitions of dauphin
  1. noun
    any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises
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    types:
    marsouin
    any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth
    épaulard
    predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
    type of:
    baleine à dents
    any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.
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