HyperDic: bottle-nosed_dolphin

English > 1 sense of the expression bottle-nosed dolphin:
NOUNanimalbottle-nosed dolphin, bottlenose dolphin, bottlenoseany of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak
English > bottle-nosed dolphin: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAny of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean.
Synonymsbottlenose dolphin, bottlenose
Member ofTursiops, genus TursiopsA genus of Delphinidae
NarrowerAtlantic bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatusThe most common dolphin of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean
Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops gilliA bottlenose dolphin found in the Pacific Ocean
BroaderdolphinAny of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout
Spanishdelfín nariz de botella

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