bottlenose
1. any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean • Syn: bottlenose dolphin, bottle-nosed dolphin • Hypernyms: dolphin • Hyponyms: Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops gilli • Member Holonyms: Tursiops, genus Tursiops 2. northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead • Syn: bottle-nosed whale, bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus • Hypernyms: beaked whale • Member Holonyms: Hyperoodon, genus Hyperoodon
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