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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Delphinidae — electra dolphin.
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Examples
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Note: Melon-headed whales are also known as Peponocephala electra or electra dolphin.
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They were later identified as Peponocephala electra or electra dolphins, [Melon-headed whales].
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They were later identified as Peponocephala electra or electra dolphins, [Melon-headed whales].
Mass Whale Strandings in Madagascar Puzzle Eyewitnesses 2008
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(All photos credits to Harinjaka) (Note: * Melon-headed whales are also known as Peponocephala electra or electra dolphin. ** accounts from other witnesses are also integrated in the interview)
Mass Whale Strandings in Madagascar Puzzle Eyewitnesses 2008
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Whales include migratory humpback Megaptera novaeangliae (VU) and occasional blue Balaenoptera musculus (EN), rorqual Balaenoptera physalis, sperm Physeter macrocephalus (VU), Bryde's Baleanoptera edeni, killer Orcinus orca, false killer Pseudorca crassidens, pygmy killer Feresa attenuata, Cuvier's beaked Ziphius cavirostris, beaked Mesoplodon sp., shortfin pilot Globicephala macrorhynchus and melon-headed Peponocephala electra whales.
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