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The noun 'dolphins' is a plural, common, concrete noun, the plural form for the singular noun dolphin, a word for an animal, a word for a thing.
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Is dolphin a singular or a plural noun?
The word dolphin is singular.The plural would be dolphins.A singular example sentence is: The dolphin swam off into the sunset.A plural example sentence is: The dolphins danced in the water.
Special words that refer to a dolphin such as words for it's young males females and alternative collective nouns?
The gender specific noun for an adult female dolphin is cow.The gender specific noun for an adult male dolphin is bull.The common gender noun for a young dolphin is calfor pup.The collective noun for a group of dolphins is a pod of dolphins.
What is the collective noun for a large group of dolphins?
The collective nouns are:a pod of dolphinsa school of dolphinsa display of dolphinsa flock of dolphinsa herd of dolphinsa team of dolphinsa pack of dolphins
Is dolphins a proper noun?
No, dolphin is an example of a common noun. Proper nouns are names of people and places that are spelt with a capital letter such as John, Antarctica and New York.
Is screwdriver a collective noun?
No. The noun screwdriver only refers to one object, a screwdriver. Collective nouns refer to a group of things. eg herd - a herd of deer. Pod - a pod of dolphins
What is a collective noun for dolphin?
The pronouns that take the place of the plural noun 'dolphins' are they as a subject and them as the object in a sentence.Examples: We saw dolphins in the bay. They were jumping and playing. I took some pictures of them.
Is teams a concrete or an abstract noun?
The plural noun 'teams' is an abstract noun, a word for a group of people or animals joined in a common activity.
Is dolphin both singular and plural?
Yes; however, the preferred plural of dolphin is simply dolphins. In fact, most dictionaries I have viewed-Merriam Webster's included-do not even list dolphin as an acceptable plural form of the marine mammal. Thus, dolphin as a plural form can be considered substandard.What it boils down to is this: Unless you strongly prefer using dolphin as both a singular and plural noun, use dolphins when speaking about more than one dolphin. However, when someone else uses dolphin as a plural noun, realize that he or she is not incorrect.
Are Dolphins vertebrates or invertebrates?
Dolphins are vertebrates.
Are dolphins going extinct?
only one species of dolphins at this time that are going extinct are the pink river dolpinsHector's dolphins (New Zealand dolphins) are also in danger of becoming extinct. The endangered river dolphins are Amazon River dolphins, Ganges River dolphins, Chinese White dolphins, Indus River dolphins, and La Plata River dolphins.
Are dolphins extinct?
No, but some species of dolphins are endangered, like the Indus River dolphins and the Yangtzee River dolphins. The pink Amazon River dolphins and the Ganges River dolphins are classed as vulnerable.no
How are female dolphins and male dolphins alike?
they are both dolphins.
