单词 | gangetic dolphin |
释义 | > as lemmasGangetic dolphin Gangetic dolphin n. a South Asian river dolphin of the (now endangered) subspecies Platanista gangetica gangetica (family Platanistidae), which is blind and swims on its side. ΚΠ 1823 tr. J. P. F. Deleuze Hist. & Descr. Royal Mus. Nat. Hist. II. App. 586 M. Duvaucel..has just sent us the skeleton of..a gangetic dolphin more than 6 feet long. 1913 A. Hopewell-Smith Introd. Dental Anat. & Physiol. iii. 68 The Gangetic dolphin, which lives in the fresh water of the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Indus Rivers, possesses one hundred and twenty teeth. 2008 New Yorker 21 Apr. 69/2 Fifty-three species of reptiles are harbored here.., and at least fifty species of mammals, including the endangered Irrawaddy and Gangetic dolphins. < as lemmas |
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