"river dolphin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: river dolphins [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} river dolphin (plural river dolphins)
  1. (zoology) Any dolphin that is found only in fresh or brackish water, now considered in one of three superfamilies Platanistoidea, †Lipotoidea, and Inioidea, all in parvorder Odontoceti, the toothed whales. Translations (dolphin found only in fresh and brackish water): jokidelfiini (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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