bottle-nosed dolphin

bot·tle·nose dolphin

(bŏt′l-nōz′) also bot·tle-nosed dolphin (-nōzd′)

A marine mammal (Tursiops truncatus) of temperate and tropical waters worldwide, having a short protruding beak, a gray or brown stocky body, and a prominent curved dorsal fin.

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bot′tle-nosed` dol′phin

any of several dolphins of the genus Tursiops, common in North Atlantic and Mediterranean waters, having a rounded forehead and well-defined beak.

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Noun

bottle-nosed dolphin - any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean

bottlenose, bottlenose dolphin

dolphin - any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises

genus Tursiops, Tursiops - a genus of Delphinidae

Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus - the most common dolphin of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; often kept captive and trained to perform

Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops gilli - a bottlenose dolphin found in the Pacific Ocean

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