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Noun: bottlenose  'bó-t(u)l,nowz
  1. Any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean
    - bottlenose dolphin, bottle-nosed dolphin
     
  2. Northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead
    - bottle-nosed whale, bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus

Derived forms: bottlenoses

Type of: beaked whale, dolphin

Part of: genus Hyperoodon, genus Tursiops, Hyperoodon, Tursiops

Encyclopedia: Bottlenose

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