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bottlenosed dolphin

bottlenosed 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 bottlenosed dolphin

pluralbottlenosed dolphins

Questions about bottlenosed dolphin

What is bottlenosed dolphin the alternative spelling of?
Bottlenosed dolphin is the alternative spelling of bottlenose dolphin.

Words near bottlenosed dolphin in the dictionary

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

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