bottle-nosed dolphin

A form of bottlenose dolphin — One of the species of gray dolphin in the genus Tursiops, between two and four meters in length, inhabiting warm and temperate seas worldwide.

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Meanings

nounbottle-nosed dolphin (plural bottle-nosed dolphins)

plural bottle-nosed dolphins

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of bottlenose dolphin.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounany of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean

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bottlenose dolphinbottlenose
Broader
dolphin
Also see
bottlenosebottlenose dolphin

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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