bottlenose dolphin
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See also: bottle-nose dolphin
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]bottlenose dolphin (plural bottlenose dolphins)
- One of the species of gray dolphin in the genus Tursiops, between 2 and 4 meters in length inhabiting warm and temperate seas worldwide.
- (historically) Tursiops truncatus, the common bottlenose dolphin, famous for its presence in aquarium shows.
Hyponyms
[edit]- (Tursiops): Tursiops truncatus, Tursiops aduncus, Tursiops australis
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]species of dolphin
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