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tursiop

tursiop

English

Noun

tursiop (plural tursiops)

  1. A bottlenose dolphin (of the genus Tursiops)
    • 2016 January 21, “A Permanent Automated Real-Time Passive Acoustic Monitoring System for Bottlenose Dolphin Conservation in the Mediterranean Sea”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0145362:
      After the detection of a whistle, the localization of the tursiop is performed comparing the sound direction and the arrival time for each detection unit.