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Definition of Bottle-nosed dolphin
1. Noun. Any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean.
Generic synonyms: Dolphin
Group relationships: Genus Tursiops, Tursiops
Specialized synonyms: Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops Truncatus, Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops Gilli
Definition of Bottle-nosed dolphin
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of bottlenose dolphin) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bottle-nosed Dolphin
Literary usage of Bottle-nosed dolphin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Review of Education (1902)
"19$ bottle-nosed dolphin. 196 Tutted Purlin. 197 Butterflies. Fourth Series.
198 Armadillo. 199 Red-headed Duck. zoo Golden Rod. 101 Prairie Sharp-tailed ..."
2. British Mammals: An Attempt to Describe and Illustrate the Mammalian Fauna by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1903)
"In colour the bottle-nosed dolphin is purplish-gray above and gray or ...
The range of the bottle-nosed dolphin is very much that of the common dolphin, ..."
3. The Illustrated Natural History by John George Wood (1865)
"The colour of the bottle-nosed dolphin is rather different from that of the common
Dolphin. Its back is not of the same jetty hue, but is deeply tinged with ..."
4. A History of British Quadrupeds, Including the Cetacea by Thomas Bell, Robert F. Tomes, Edward Richard Alston (1874)
"THE bottle-nosed dolphin is a much rarer animal than the last described, but
appears to have a very similar geographical distribution, extending throughout ..."
5. The Natural History of Ireland by William Thompson, James R. Garrett, George Dickie (1856)
"... induce me to consider them the species under consideration rather than either
the bottle-nosed whale (Hyperoodon) or bottle-nosed dolphin (Delph. ..."
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