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bottlenose

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bot·tle·nose  (btl-nz)
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Noun1.bottlenose - any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beakbottlenose - any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean
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
2.bottlenose - northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead
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


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Byline: Donna Watson THIS was a fish supper with a difference as a pair of bottlenose dolphins hunted down a salmon.
Vets at SeaWorld in Florida were filmed examining a pregnant Atlantic bottlenose dolphin.
The Indo-Pacific Bottlenose dolphin calf is born with sparse hair on its snout and will nurse from its mother for 12-18 months.
 
 
 
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