bottlenose
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bot′tle-nosed` dol′phin
n.
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 | 1. | ![]() 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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