afalin

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (afalina), from Greek φάλαινα (fálaina), from Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina, whale). Doublet of balenă.

Noun[edit]

afalin m (plural afalini)

  1. bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

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