Atlantic spotted dolphin
noun
: a dolphin (Stenella frontalis) widely distributed in temperate and tropical waters of the Atlantic that is typically dark gray above with profuse, light-colored spots and light gray to white below with dark-colored spots
The beached animals were Atlantic spotted dolphins, noted for their dark gray skin covered in white spots and an ability to swim fast and make spectacular leaps. 
Dallas Morning News, 7 Jan. 1998
Dallas Morning News, 7 Jan. 1998
Word History
First Known Use
1978, in the meaning defined above
- in the strict sense
- in the strict sense of the word
- in the strict/strictest sense (of the word)
- in the strictest sense
- in the strictest sense of the word
- in the sun
- in the swim
- in the swim of things
- in the swing of
- in the tank
- in the teeth of
- in the thick of
- in the throes of
- in the trust of
- in the twinkle of an eye
- in the twinkle/twinkling of an eye
- in the twinkling of an eye
- in the usual course of business
- in the usual/normal/ordinary course of business
- in the vicinity of
- in the wake of
- in the way
- in the way of
- in the whole wide world
- in the wild