Phrases and idioms:
bottlenose dolphin a dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, with a bottle-shaped snout.
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noun
1. any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean
• Syn: ↑bottlenose dolphin, ↑bottle-nosed dolphin
• Hypernyms: ↑dolphin
• Hyponyms: ↑Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, ↑Tursiops truncatus, ↑Pacific bottlenose dolphin, ↑Tursiops gilli
• Member Holonyms: ↑Tursiops, ↑genus Tursiops
2. northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead
• Syn: ↑bottle-nosed whale, ↑bottlenose whale, ↑Hyperoodon ampullatus
• Hypernyms: ↑beaked whale
• Member Holonyms: ↑Hyperoodon, ↑genus Hyperoodon
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—bottle-nosed, bottlenosed, adj.
/bot"l nohz'/, n.
1. See bottle-nosed dolphin.
2. See bottle-nosed whale.
[1540-50; BOTTLE1 + NOSE]
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bottˈlenose noun
1. A large swollen nose
2. A bottle-nosed toothed whale (Hyperoodon planifrons) or dolphin (Tursiops truncatus and others)
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Main Entry: ↑bottle
Useful english dictionary. 2012.