bottlenose dolphin

noun

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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bottle-nosed dolphinbottlenose
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Meanings

nounbottlenose dolphin (plural bottlenose dolphins)

plural bottlenose dolphins · alternative bottle-nosed dolphin · alternative bottle-nose dolphin

  1. One of the species of gray dolphin in the genus Tursiops, between two and four meters in length, inhabiting warm and temperate seas worldwide.
    1. datedTursiops truncatus, the common bottlenose dolphin, famous for its presence in aquarium shows.

Synonyms & antonyms

Narrower
Tursiops truncatusTursiops aduncusTursiops australis

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

Similar
bottle-nosed dolphinbottlenose
Broader
dolphin
Also see
black sea bottlenose dolphinbottlenose

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian афали́на
  • афали́на (afalína)species of dolphin
Catalan dofí mular, corçana
  • dofí mularspecies of dolphin
  • corçanaspecies of dolphin
  • roassaspecies of dolphin
Chinese Mandarin 寬吻海豚 /宽吻海豚
  • 寬吻海豚 /宽吻海豚 (kuānwěn hǎitún)species of dolphin
Finnish pullokuonodelfiini, pullonokkadelfiini
  • pullokuonodelfiinispecies of dolphin
  • pullonokkadelfiinispecies of dolphin
French dauphin à gros nez m grand dauphin, tursiops
  • dauphin à gros nez m grand dauphinspecies of dolphin
  • tursiopsspecies of dolphin
German Tümmler, großer Tümmler
  • Tümmlerspecies of dolphin
  • großer Tümmlerspecies of dolphin
  • Tursiopsspecies of dolphin
Greek ρινοδέλφινο
  • ρινοδέλφινο (rinodélfino)species of dolphin
Icelandic stökkull
  • stökkullspecies of dolphin
Irish deilf bholgshrónach
  • deilf bholgshrónachspecies of dolphin
Italian tursiope
  • tursiopespecies of dolphin
Japanese バンドウイルカ
  • バンドウイルカ (bandōiruka)species of dolphin
Korean 큰돌고래
  • 큰돌고래 (keundolgorae)species of dolphin
Persian دلفین پوزهبطری
  • دلفین پوزهبطریspecies of dolphin
Polish butlonos
  • butlonosspecies of dolphin
Portuguese golfinho-nariz-de-garrafa, roaz
  • golfinho-nariz-de-garrafaspecies of dolphin
  • roazspecies of dolphin
  • roaz-corvineirospecies of dolphin
  • golfinho-roazspecies of dolphin
Romanian delfin cu bot gros, afalin
  • delfin cu bot grosspecies of dolphin
  • afalinspecies of dolphin
Russian афали́на
  • афали́на (afalína)species of dolphin
Scottish Gaelic muc-bhiorach
  • muc-bhiorachspecies of dolphin
Spanish delfín mular, delfín nariz de botella
  • delfín mularspecies of dolphin
  • delfín nariz de botellaspecies of dolphin
Turkish afalina
  • afalinaspecies of dolphin
Ukrainian афалі́на
  • афалі́на (afalína)species of dolphin
Vietnamese cá heo mũi chai
  • cá heo mũi chaispecies of dolphin
Welsh dolffin trwynbwl
  • dolffin trwynbwlspecies of dolphin
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