Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of Delphinidæ, named from the resemblance of its members to the tursio, and including such species as T. gilli of the North Pacific, which shares with various cetaceans the name cowfish. Also formerly
Tursio (a name preoccupied in another connection).
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- noun a genus of Delphinidae
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This conclusion was reached based on research conducted by Lori Marino of Emory University in the US city of Atlanta, Georgia, who analyzed the grey matter of three large bottlenose dolphins (tursiops truncatus).
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