white-sided dolphin

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white-sided dolphin (plural white-sided dolphins)

  1. Any dolphin of the species Leucopleurus acutus and Sagmatias obliquidens which have conspicuous white markings on the sides of its body.
    • 2019, James Proctor, Faroe Islands, 5th edition, Bradt Travel Guides, page 7:
      The white-sided dolphin is very agile and often breaches and lobtails, surfacing to breathe about every 15 seconds.

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