bottle-nose dolphin

bottle-nose dolphin
noun

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  • bottle-nosed dolphin — 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, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Bottle-nosed dolphin — Bottle nose Bot tle nose Bottle nosed dolphin Bot tle nosed dolphin, n. (Zo[ o]l.) 1. A grey cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, as {Delphinus Tursio} and {Lagenorhyncus leucopleurus}, of Europe. Note: Also {Tursiops truncatus} a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bottle-nose — Bot tle nose Bottle nosed dolphin Bot tle nosed dolphin, n. (Zo[ o]l.) 1. A grey cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, as {Delphinus Tursio} and {Lagenorhyncus leucopleurus}, of Europe. Note: Also {Tursiops truncatus} a synonym? Syn …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bottle-nose — noun see bottle nosed dolphin …   Useful english dictionary

  • bottle-nose porpoise — noun see bottle nosed dolphin …   Useful english dictionary

  • bot·tle·nose dolphin — /ˈbɑːtl̩ˌnoʊz / noun, pl ⋯ phins [count] : a small gray whale that has a long nose called also bottle nosed dolphin …   Useful english dictionary

  • Dolphin — For other uses, see Dolphin (disambiguation). Bottlenose dolphin breaching in the bow wave of a boat …   Wikipedia

  • dolphin — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. porpoise, sea hog or pig, cetacean. See animal. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. cetacean, marine mammal, bottle nose, sea creature. WORD FIND • look alike: porpoise …   English dictionary for students

  • dolphin — /dol fin, dawl /, n. 1. any of several chiefly marine, cetacean mammals of the family Delphinidae, having a fishlike body, numerous teeth, and the front of the head elongated into a beaklike projection. 2. Also called dolphinfish, mahimahi.… …   Universalium

  • Common bottlenose dolphin — This article is about the species of dolphin. For the genus of dolphin, see Bottlenose dolphin. Common Bottlenose Dolphin[1] Bottlenose Dolphin breaching in the bow wave of a boat …   Wikipedia

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