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Meanings of common dolphin in English

Portuguese
golfinho-comum-de-bico-curto
Catalan
dofí comú

Black-and-white dolphin that leaps high out of the water;

        golfinho-comum-de-bico-curto
        Usage of common dolphin in English
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        A lone short-beaked common dolphin has been spotted in Akaroa Harbour.
        Radio NZ
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        A common dolphin was washed onto the steps below Grattan Beach in lower Salthill.
        The Irish Times
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        Soon after leaving the harbour, a pod of common dolphin began to ride our bow.
        The Guardian
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        We assume this short-beaked common dolphin has joined this pod for protection or to find food, Mr Crosbie said.
        Radio NZ
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        It includes common dolphins, endangered turtles, fur seals, 600-year-old corals, and hundreds of seabirds.
        Radio NZ
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        The trio of common dolphins swam up the Lee's south channel shortly after lunchtime.
        The Irish Times
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        A pod of common dolphins has been captured on film swimming in a Cornish harbour.
        BBC
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        For a marginal increase in profits, the trawler firms could be driving common dolphins towards regional extinction.
        The Guardian
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        Short-beaked common dolphins feed on a variety of prey, including surface schooling fish species and small mid-water fish and squids.
        Radio NZ
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        At the end of January at least eight common dolphins have been found dead on the beaches of Achill Island, Co Mayo.
        The Irish Times
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        Initially the pods in the bay were observed feeding only on marine mammals, like common dolphins and the occasional Cape fur seal.
        The South African
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        The commonest Whale of our seas is that small one, the Common Dolphin, who is a midget some five or six feet long.
        Within the Deep / Cassell's "Eyes and No Eyes" Series, Book VIII...
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