white-sided dolphin

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Noun

white-sided dolphin (plural white-sided dolphins)

  1. Either of two dolphins of the genus Lagenorhynchus which have conspicuous white markings on the sides of the body: Lagenorhynchus acutus in the North Atlantic (the Atlantic white-sided dolphin), and Lagenorhynchus obliquidens in the North Pacific (the Pacific white-sided dolphin).
    • 2019, James Proctor, Faroe Islands, 5th edition, Bradt Travel Guides, page 7:
      The white-sided dolphin is very agile and often breaches and lobtails, surfacing to breathe about every 15 seconds.