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- noun Alternative spelling of
wholphin .
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Examples
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A wolphin is a rare hybrid formed from a cross between a bottlenose dolphin and a false killer whale.
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She has been nick-named a 'wolphin' (as in 'whale dolphin'): do a google search for that word and you'll get a million hits.
The deer-pig, the Raksasa, the only living anthracothere… welcome to the world of babirusas Darren Naish 2006
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The first captive wolphin was Kekaimalu, which shows mixed heritage even in its teeth: bottlenose dolphins have 88, false killer whales have 44 and Kekaimalu has 66!
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And in Hawaii, this exotic creature is, now help me here, as the wolphin?
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Another rare creature is the wolphin, the offspring of a whale and a dolphin.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Another rare creature is the wolphin, the offspring of a whale and a dolphin.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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