Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the sides white, or having white on the sides: as, the white-sided dolphin, or skunk-porpoise. See cut under
Lagenorhynchus .
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Examples
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He hit the doorbell of the white-sided cottage house.
Rogue Oracle 2011
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He hit the doorbell of the white-sided cottage house.
Rogue Oracle 2011
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Three sides of the white-sided house were still standing, but the back was gone and charred debris littered the interior of the home as well as the backyard.
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Common and Pacific white-sided dolphins are also here.
Kook Peter Heller 2010
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Though I live in an eighty-year-old farmhouse that description is just to help you visualise my white-sided, two-storey home with front and back porches.
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Koichi Kamoshida/Jana Press/Zuma Press A white-sided dolphin jumps over a banner during a part of the 'Aqua Christmas 2010' at the Shinagawa Aqua Stadium in Tokyo.
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Other species are also taken, although less frequently, including humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), harbour porpoises, and white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus acutus).
Management and conservation of marine mammals and seabirds in the Arctic 2009
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Oh these are humpbacks by the way, we also saw some white-sided dolphins, but they were too fast and too far away to take pics.
Whales! 2008
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Oh these are humpbacks by the way, we also saw some white-sided dolphins, but they were too fast and too far away to take pics.
Archive 2008-10-01 2008
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Pacific white-sided dolphins are attracted by plentiful food resources and can be seen in large numbers.
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