school of dolphins

A School of Dolphins

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Cartoon of dolphins sitting at desks in a classroom while one student holds up a test marked with a large red F.

A group of dolphins is appropriately known as a school. What Does “A School of Dolphins” Mean? “School” is another cross-species borrowing, lifted from fish terminology, and it captures a real phenomenon: dolphins occasionally gathering in numbers well beyond a typical pod, close enough in scale and density to visually resemble a large school of … Read more