This creature gets its name from the Greek word for 'womb' because it resembles the shape of the womb. Name the creature?

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This creature gets its name from the Greek word for 'womb' because it resembles the shape of the womb. Name the creature?

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Dolphin--fish with a womb because it bears live young.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin#Etymology

Apr 09 2011, 8:03 AM

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Dolphin, which derives from the Greek "delphis".

Also, the English word hysterical derives from a Greek root meaning womb (the same derivation as hysterectomy). It was originally thought to be a female ailment produced from uterine complications.

This creature gets its name from the Greek word for 'womb' because it resembles the shape of the womb. Name the creature?

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