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BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

bottle-nosed dolphin; bottlenose; bottlenose dolphin

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("bottle-nosed 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 "bottle-nosed 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 ("bottle-nosed dolphin" is a member of...):

genus Tursiops; Tursiops (a genus of Delphinidae)

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