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English
Noun
river dolphin (plural river dolphins)
- (zoology) Any dolphin that is found only in fresh or brackish water, now considered in one of three superfamilies Platanistoidea, †Lipotoidea, Inioidea, all in parvorder Odontoceti or in a grouping with hippopotamuses.
Translations
dolphin found only in fresh and brackish water
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