| NOUN | animal | bottlenose, bottlenose dolphin, bottle-nosed dolphin | any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak |
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| animal | bottlenose, bottle-nosed whale, bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus | northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead |
| Meaning | Any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean. | |
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| Synonyms | bottlenose dolphin, bottle-nosed dolphin | |
| Member of | Tursiops, genus Tursiops | A genus of Delphinidae |
| Narrower | Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus | The most common dolphin of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean |
| Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops gilli | A bottlenose dolphin found in the Pacific Ocean | |
| Broader | dolphin | Any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout |
| Spanish | delfín nariz de botella | |
| Meaning | Northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead. | |
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| Synonyms | bottle-nosed whale, bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus | |
| Member of | Hyperoodon, genus Hyperoodon | bottle-nosed whales |
| Broader | beaked whale | Any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw |
| Spanish | Hyperoodon ampullatus | |
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