Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clymene dolphin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English

Syllables: cly-mene -dol-phin
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dolphin (Stenella clymene) endemic to the Atlantic Ocean that is the only confirmed case of hybrid speciation in marine mammals, descending from the spinner dolphin and the striped dolphin.

Etymology

Probably from the Greek mythological name Clymene.

Inflected Forms

Clymene dolphins (plural)

Questions

What does clymene dolphin mean?: A dolphin (Stenella clymene) endemic to the Atlantic Ocean that is the only confirmed case of hybrid speciation in marine mammals, descending from the spinner dolphin and the striped dolphin.
Where does clymene dolphin come from?: Probably from the Greek mythological name Clymene.

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