Meaning

2 senses

  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.

    Tümmler, großer Tümmler, Tursiops

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

    (dated)Tursiops truncatus, the common bottlenose dolphin, famous for its presence in aquarium shows.

More definitions
  • any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Bottlenose dolphins are one of the most intelligent animals on Earth.

    deGroße Tümmler zählen zu den intelligentesten Tieren auf Erden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. We were boating on the Gulf of Mexico and saw bottlenose dolphins.

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Translations

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Forms

plural: bottlenose dolphins

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean:bottle-nosed dolphinbottlenose

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
botherA2bothersomeB2bottleB2bottomA1bottomless

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