noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
dead
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Meanwhile each new tide brings in more dead dolphins .
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Not only are they free, but one dead dolphin can bait over 350 traps.
striped
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The main target is striped dolphin , because it is the easiest to capture.
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In 1975, a record kill year, approximately 20,000 striped dolphins were killed in the drives.
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The average annual catch, mainly of striped dolphins , in the drive fisheries between 1975 and 1986 was 4734.
■ NOUN
bottlenose
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In one long experiment a woman and bottlenose dolphin lived together constantly fur several months.
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Harbour porpoises and bottlenose dolphins both make pulsed yelps during courtship.
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In studies in Hawaii in 1984, a captive bottlenose dolphin was trained to mimic computer-generated sounds by modifying its whistle.
river
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No one knows whether river dolphins were once more abundant or whether their numbers have always been low because of their restrictive and specialised habitat.
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However, some species, such as the beaked whales and the river dolphins , can be almost solitary.
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Most river dolphins are almost blind.
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Although not closely related to other river dolphins , the tucuxi is included here because it shares a similar habitat.
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In 1972 the Government of Sind Province declared the river dolphin protected by law and prohibited its killing and trapping.
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Many of them are reportedly gun-happy, and have taken to firing shots at the river dolphins .
■ VERB
catch
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Each of them has the power to decide immediately to stop purchasing tuna caught by fishing on dolphins .
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Our family has caught dolphins since 1919 and we want to preserve the tradition.
kill
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As the demand grows, so does the dolphin kill .
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No regulations governed the hunt - anyone with a rifle and a boat could kill dolphins without a licence.
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Tuna can be successfully caught without killing any dolphins .
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We have to kill the dolphins because they eat our fish.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For apart from being equipped with eyes, head and body, dolphins and whales bear little outward physical resemblance to ourselves.
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Furthermore, the public is told that ail similarities to dolphins are purely coincidental.
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If a more decorative fountain is required, an ornamental fountain, such as this dolphin one, can be installed.
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It was a dorado or dolphin fish, a voracious predator which feeds mostly on flying fish.
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It was not a black man, just a dolphin .
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Net-caught dolphins frequently have lungs filled with water.
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Surely not ... She ran upstairs again, heedless of the dolphin thrashing wetly on the upper landing.
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The dolphins were trained to use pressurized canisters to shoot intruders with a.45 calibre bullets at point-blank range.