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afalina.

bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

7 characters4 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

Where this word comes from

Borrowed into Turkish dialects from dialectal forms of Greek φάλαινα (fálaina), from Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina, “whale”). Doublet of balina (“whale”).

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