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Noun

bottle-nosed whale - northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead

bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus, bottlenose

beaked whale - any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw

genus Hyperoodon, Hyperoodon - bottle-nosed whales

Translations

bottle-nosed whale

[ˈbɒtlnəʊzdˈweɪl] n → iperdonte m

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2007: A northern bottle-nosed whale swam up the Thames into central London.

Bomber crew's great escape

The river Thames is 'holding its breath almost, waiting for something that is about to happen.' It is then that Michael recognizes the bottle-nosed whale, speaks to it and the whale replies.

Morpurgo, Michael (text) Christian Birmingham (illus.): This Morning I Met a Whale

2006 A large mammal that swam up the Thames into London was identified as a northern bottle-nosed whale. It died a day later.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY; January 13

The 24-hour on-call organisation, which was formed by a group of divers in 1988, has had an upsurge in interest through their role in high-profile rescue attempts including that of the bottle-nosed whale which became stranded in the Thames in January.

Rescue group has a whale of a time

And mobile phone footage of the northern bottle-nosed whale that was stranded in the Thames in January this year was widely used before cameras got to the scene.

Phone company has paid customers more than pounds 100,000 for mobile clips

Yesterday's death brought back memories of Milly, the Northern bottle-nosed whale who died after she found her way up the River Thames into central London a fortnight ago.

FREE WILLY II; Second river rescue ends in tragedy

Millions watched the failed attempt to rescue the Northern Bottle-nosed whale who lost her way in London.

Some fin for every one

The five-ton northern bottle-nosed whale, which feeds on squid, had not eaten for up to three days.

'Whaley' was on squid row

The 18ft northern bottle-nosed whale, named Wally by rescuers, died on Saturday on a barge which was trying to take it back to deep waters.

Bid to find out why Wally died

Paul Jepson, of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), hopes to find clues which might explain why the 15ft northern bottle-nosed whale became lost in the river.

Expert investigates Thames whale's death

But enough of Wolves' play-off aspirations - what of the poor 18-stone bottle-nosed whale?

Football: Hod's men are treading water; Play-off hopes are sinking fast as Wolves lack the teeth to scare off Lions MILLWALL 0 WOLVES 0