Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin
Scientific name Tursiops aduncus. A species of dolphin found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.
The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin inhabits the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.
I saw an Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin show at the aquarium.
Refers to the common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), a closely related species found worldwide.
Standard katakana spelling for this species name.
Kanji spelling is rare and mostly used in scientific or formal contexts; the word is usually written in kana.
Compound of 南 (minami, 'south') + 半道海豚 (handō iruka, 'bottlenose dolphin'). The kanji 半道海豚 is an ateji spelling for 'bottlenose dolphin', but the exact derivation is uncertain.