- bottlenose dolphin
- noun Date: 1940 a relatively small stout-bodied chiefly gray toothed whale (Tursiops truncatus) with a prominent beak and falcate dorsal fin
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Bottlenose Dolphin — ] Other television appearances by Bottlenose Dolphins include seaQuest DSV , and the HBO TV movie Zeus and Roxanne , in which a female Bottlenose Dolphin befriends a male dog.Bottlenose Dolphins also have appeared in several novels. In The… … Wikipedia
bottlenose dolphin — noun any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean • Syn: ↑bottle nosed dolphin, ↑bottlenose • Hypernyms: ↑dolphin • Hyponyms: ↑Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute — The Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute ( [http://www.thebdri.com BDRI] ) is an international center for research, education, and training in bottlenose dolphins ecology and behaviour. BDRI members seek to contribute to the understanding and… … Wikipedia
bottlenose dolphin — or bottle nosed dolphin Widely recognized species (Tursiops truncatus) of mammal belonging to the dolphin family, found worldwide in warm and temperate seas. Bottlenose dolphins reach an average length of 8–10 ft (2.5–3 m) and weight of 300–650… … Universalium
bottlenose dolphin — (also bottle nosed dolphin) noun a stout bodied dolphin with a distinct short beak, found in tropical and temperate coastal waters. [Tursiops truncatus.] … English new terms dictionary
bottlenose dolphin — noun a) One of two species of gray dolphin between 2 and 4 meters in length inhabiting warm and temperate seas worldwide. b) A member of the genus Tursiops … Wiktionary
Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin — Indo Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin[1] Conservation status … Wikipedia
Common bottlenose dolphin — This article is about the species of dolphin. For the genus of dolphin, see Bottlenose dolphin. Common Bottlenose Dolphin[1] Bottlenose Dolphin breaching in the bow wave of a boat … Wikipedia
Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin — Taxobox name = Indo Pacific Bottlenose DolphinMSW3 Cetacea|id=14300098] status = DD status system = iucn3.1 status ref =IUCN2008|assessors=Hammond, P.S., Bearzi, G., Bjørge, A., Forney, K., Karczmarski, L., Kasuya, T., Perrin, W.F., Scott, M.D.,… … Wikipedia
Pacific bottlenose dolphin — noun a bottlenose dolphin found in the Pacific Ocean • Syn: ↑Tursiops gilli • Hypernyms: ↑bottlenose dolphin, ↑bottle nosed dolphin, ↑bottlenose … Useful english dictionary
