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bottlenosed

bottlenosed adjective: having a rounded prominent head, with a short snout, like the bottlenose whale.

Adjective

bottlenosed (comparative more bottlenosed, superlative most bottlenosed)

  1. Having a rounded prominent head, with a short snout, like the bottlenose whale.
  2. Having a long, round nose, reminiscent of the shape of a bottle.

Forms of bottlenosed

comparativemore bottlenosed
superlativemost bottlenosed

Origin of bottlenosed

From bottle + nosed.

Words formed from bottlenosed

Phrases with bottlenosed

Questions about bottlenosed

What does bottlenosed mean?
Bottlenosed means having a rounded prominent head, with a short snout, like the bottlenose whale.
What part of speech is bottlenosed?
Bottlenosed is an adjective.

Words near bottlenosed in the dictionary

  1. bottlenose dolphins
  2. bottlenose skate
  3. bottlenose skates
  4. bottlenose whale
  5. bottlenose whales
  6. bottlenosed
  7. bottlenosed dolphin
  8. bottlenosed dolphins
  9. bottlenoses
  10. bottler
  11. bottlers

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