BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bottlenose dolphin mean? 

• BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (noun)
  The noun BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN has 1 sense:

1. any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean

  Familiarity information: BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bottle-nosed dolphin; bottlenose; bottlenose dolphin

Hypernyms ("bottlenose dolphin" is a kind of...):

dolphin (any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bottlenose dolphin"):

Atlantic bottlenose dolphin; Tursiops truncatus (the most common dolphin of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; often kept captive and trained to perform)

Pacific bottlenose dolphin; Tursiops gilli (a bottlenose dolphin found in the Pacific Ocean)

Holonyms ("bottlenose dolphin" is a member of...):

genus Tursiops; Tursiops (a genus of Delphinidae)

 Context examples 

As part of an unusual mortality event investigation, a team of scientists has discovered that dead bottlenose dolphins stranded in the northern Gulf of Mexico since the start of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill have lung and adrenal lesions consistent with petroleum product exposure.

(Deepwater Horizon oil spill contributed to high number of Gulf dolphin deaths, NOAA)