tursiop

English

Noun

tursiop (plural tursiops)

1. (rare, nonstandard) 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^[1], →DOI:

     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.