2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Bottle-nose \Bot"tle-nose`\ Bottle-nosed dolphin \Bot"tle-nosed` dolphin\, n. (Zool.) 1. A grey cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, as {Delphinus Tursio} and {Lagenorhyncus leucopleurus}, of Europe. Note: Also {Tursiops truncatus} -- a synonym? Syn: bottlenose dolphin. [1913 Webster +PJC] 2. The puffin. [1913 Webster] 3. a north Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead. Syn: bottle-nosed whale, bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus. [WordNet 1.5] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: bottlenose n 1: any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean [syn: {bottlenose dolphin}, {bottle-nosed dolphin}] 2: northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead [syn: {bottle-nosed whale}, {bottlenose whale}, {Hyperoodon ampullatus}]
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