boto

[ boh-toh ]

noun

plural botos.

1. a freshwater South American dolphin, Inia geoffrensis, having a long snout and fluctuating in color between pink and gray: inhabits the Amazon and Orinoco river systems.

Example Sentences

When activists first tried to force transparency on the church, the Southern Baptist Convention's lawyer, Augie Boto, accused them of conspiring as part of "a satanic scheme."

From Salon

They also communicate with each other using complex combinations of echolocation clicks that "gives them a super-power," Willems said, because "these click sounds are very directional – so a river dolphin next to me could be telling you some tale without the dolphin behind me having a clue. Just three years ago, we saw for the first time the extraordinary vocal repertoire of the Boto, the Amazon River dolphin – they are using up to 2000 ultrasonic clicks per second in complex patterns that clearly represent many distinct ‘words.'"

From Salon

Experts suspect that the heat wave and drought may be the cause of the high numbers of fish and river dolphins, known as boto, which have been washing up dead.

From BBC

Meanwhile, a staff member compiled an informal list of people suspected of abuse, which was shared with the committee’s former vice president and general counsel, D. August Boto, the report said.

From New York Times

For years Ms. Brown’s complaints were dismissed by denominational leaders, including former general counsel D. August “Augie” Boto, who alleged in an internal email revealed in the May 22 report, that she was part of “a satanic scheme to completely distract us from evangelism.”

From Washington Times