bottlenose
bottlenose · bottlenoses
Bottlenose dolphinBottlenose dolphin.
/ˈbɒtəlnəʊz/
» We were boating on the Gulf of Mexico and saw bottlenose dolphins.
Meaning
4 sensesBottlenose dolphin.
Bottlenose whale.
Bottlenose skate.
The beak or rostrum of a dolphin.
More definitions
- northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead
- any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean
Examples
2 sentencesWe were boating on the Gulf of Mexico and saw bottlenose dolphins.
Bottlenose dolphins are one of the most intelligent animals on Earth.
deGroße Tümmler zählen zu den intelligentesten Tieren auf Erden.
Origin
From bottle + nose. The creatures have a bottle-shaped nose.From bottle + nose. The creatures have a bottle-shaped nose.
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Forms
plural: bottlenoses| Singular | bottlenose |
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Synonyms
5 synonymsClose in meaning
- northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead:bottle-nosed whalebottlenose whaleHyperoodon ampullatus
- any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean:bottlenose dolphinbottle-nosed dolphin