bottlenose
bottlenose
Definition
bottle·nose (-nōz′)
noun
- any of a genus (Tursiops) of marine dolphins with a bottle-shaped snout: an easily trained species (T. truncatus) is used in aquarium shows and scientific study
- any of a genus (Hyperoodon, family Ziphiidae) of toothed whales having a similar beaklike snout
bottlenose
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- dolphin: Jo also had a brief affair with Donald, a bottlenose dolphin who adopted the Isle of Man for three years.
- whale: Many of the northern bottlenose whales have a definite band of paler skin in a crescent around their neck.
- population: Many visitors are drawn by the resident bottlenose dolphin population, or to watch birds by the sea.
- truncatus: Cetaceans which may beseen in this environment include the harbor porpoise Phocoena phocoena and bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus.
- strandings: It became important that all bottlenose dolphin strandings were checked to see if they matched any of these known animals.
- male: In the early Seventies, a bottlenose male named Donald became trapped on a sand bank on the Isle of Man.
Modifying Another Word
- probably: They were described as man sized or larger so were probably Bottlenose.
Browse dictionary entries near bottlenose
- bottleneck
- bottlebrush
- bottle up
- bottle club
- bottle
- Botticelli
- bott
- Botswana
- bots
- botrytis
- bottletree
- bottom
- bottom feeder
- bottom feeding
- bottom fish
- bottom fisher
- bottom line
- bottom quark
- bottomland
- bottomless
