There isn't a word for dolphins. Latin was made my the ancient Romans and ended with the ancient romans. The reason it is a dead language is because it does not change, while modern languages do. The Ancient Romans never saw dolphins, so they never made a word for it. If they did, it wouldn't have been dolphin.
Classical Latin has two words meaning "dolphin":delphinus and delphin. Both are masculine nouns.
The Common Bottlenose Dolphin's binomial name is Tursiops truncatus
yes there scientific (family) name is DELPHINIDAE
Tursiops Truncatas is the scientific name!!!
hardly surprising considering the name, bottlenose Dolphins are considered to be Dolphins.
it is the name, Miami is the hometown of the MIAMI dolphins
Dusky Dolphins, Hector's Dolphins, Maui's Dolphins, Bottlenose Dolphins, Common Dolphin, Pantropical Spotted Dolphin.
Hermes' Latin name was mercury.
the latin name for crocodile is 'crocodilius'!! =P
Delphinidae Delphis However, there are 32 species of dolphins.
The scientific name for the spinner dolphin is Stenella longirostris. Stenella is the genus name for 5 species of dolphins. It is from the from the Greek word stenos, which means "narrow." longirostris is from the Latin word for "long-beaked."The gestation period for spinner dolphins averages 10.6 months.
The Latin name for Butterfly is Papilio(Pa-pil-io) I knw this cuz im in latin and this is my latin name