Tursiops
noun
Tur·si·ops
\ˈtərsēˌäps\
Definition of Tursiops
: a genus of rather large heavy-bodied dolphins having a truncate beak and a dorsal fin shaped like a sickle
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Origin and Etymology of tursiops
New Latin, from Tursio, genus of dolphins (from Latin, a kind of dolphin, from Greek thyrsiōn, from thyrsos thyrsus) + -ops
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