noun
any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean
• Syn: ↑bottlenose dolphin, ↑bottlenose
• Hypernyms: ↑dolphin
• Hyponyms: ↑Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, ↑Tursiops truncatus, ↑Pacific bottlenose dolphin, ↑Tursiops gilli
• Member Holonyms: ↑Tursiops, ↑genus Tursiops
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noun or bottle-nose dolphin also bottle-nosed porpoise or bottle-nose porpoise \\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷-\; or bottle-nose \\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ : any of certain moderately large stout-bodied toothed whales that are usually all included in the genus Tursiops, have a prominent beak and falcate dorsal fin, and are most common in warm seas; especially : a nearly cosmopolitan dolphin (T. truncatus)
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any of several dolphins of the genus Tursiops, common in North Atlantic and Mediterranean waters, having a rounded forehead and well-defined beak. See illus. under dolphin.
Also, bottlenose dolphin, bottlenosed dolphin. Also called bottlenose.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.