Tursiops
noun
Tur·si·ops
ˈtərsēˌäps
: a genus of rather large heavy-bodied dolphins having a truncate beak and a dorsal fin shaped like a sickle
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Tursio, genus of dolphins (from Latin, a kind of dolphin, from Greek thyrsiōn, from thyrsos thyrsus) + -ops