bottlenose
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- noun
- /ˈbɑtəlˌnoʊz/
- UK
:
ballena mular
- bottlenose whale
Examples
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Tropical bottlenose whales, seen alive in the Pacific rather than on a museum shelf.
Academic text (2002) -
The link was forged—our tropical bottlenose whale was indeed Longman's long-lost whale!
Academic text (2002) -
The bottlenose whale is known for its distinctive bulbous forehead that sets it apart from other whales.
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During their research, the marine biologists observed a pod of bottlenose whales swimming near the coast.
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The stranded bottlenose whale was rescued and successfully returned to the ocean by a team of wildlife experts.
Synonyms
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A large whale with a rounded forehead and a long beak
A whale with a rounded forehead that lives in the North Atlantic
A large whale with a long pointed nose and round forehead that lives in the North Atlantic
Compounds
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A common sea mammal that lives in the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean and has a rounded forehead and long nose
A common sea mammal with a long nose living in the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean, often in aquariums
- Specialized
A kind of dolphin with a rounded nose that lives in the Pacific Ocean
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bottlenose comes from the simple words bottle and nose, because the whale's rounded forehead looks 'like a bottle'. So a bottlenose whale is named for its rounded, bottle-shaped head.