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bottlenose Definition

bottle·nose (-nōz′)

noun

  1. 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
  2. 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.