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bottle-nosed dolphin

bottle-nosed dolphin is the alternative spelling of bottlenose dolphin.

Meaning of bottlenose dolphin

Noun

bottlenose dolphin (plural bottlenose dolphins)

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

Forms of bottle-nosed dolphin

pluralbottle-nosed dolphins

Questions about bottle-nosed dolphin

What is bottle-nosed dolphin the alternative spelling of?
Bottle-nosed dolphin is the alternative spelling of bottlenose dolphin.

Words near bottle-nosed dolphin in the dictionary

  1. bottle-jacks
  2. bottle-nose
  3. bottle-nose dolphin
  4. bottle-nose dolphins
  5. bottle-nosed
  6. bottle-nosed dolphin
  7. bottle-nosed dolphins
  8. bottle-noses
  9. bottle-o
  10. bottle-oh
  11. bottle-ohs

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