bottlenose dolphin
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- noun
- /ˈbɑtəlˌnoʊz ˈdɑlfɪn/
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delfín mular
- In the murky waters inhabited by many wild bottlenose dolphins, acoustic signals may well be more important than visual ones.
- bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
- mortality of bottlenose dolphins
- Bottlenose dolphins feed
Examples
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In captivity, bottlenose dolphins have shown themselves to be capable of learning to recognize individuals of their own and other species.
Academic text (1992) -
In Florida, researchers at Eckerd College have created an NSF-funded digital library with images of individual bottlenose dolphins that live in Boca Ciega Bay.
Academic text (2001) -
Two important pieces of advice for young bottlenose dolphins are: stick close to your mother and stay in school.
Academic text (1992) -
The next morning, we drop in on a curious scene featuring three bottlenose dolphins and a group of seven spotteds.
Blog text (11) -
Bottlenose dolphins maintain an interest in their kin for much of their lives.
Academic text (1992) -
When they turned to look, they saw that the "shark" that had been chasing them was really a playful bottlenose dolphin.
Fiction book (1999) -
PHOTO: Ever curious, bottlenose dolphin calves frequently peek above the water's surface.
Academic text (1992) -
Bottlenose dolphins are a long-lived species that mature late and produce few offspring, yielding a slow population growth rate.
Academic text (2016) -
Bottlenose dolphins in the Sarasota area apparently do not develop long-term monogamous relationships.
Academic text (1992) -
Two important pieces of advice for young bottlenose dolphins are to stick close to your mother and stay in school.
Synonyms
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A dolphin with a rounded forehead and long beak that lives in the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean
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A large intelligent sea animal with a rounded forehead and a long beak
A large smart grey dolphin with a short rounded nose that lives near coasts
A common sea mammal with a long nose living in the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean, often in aquariums
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun is a straightforward descriptive compound: 'bottlenose' (indicating a nose shaped like a bottle/rounded forehead) combined with 'dolphin' names the animal with that feature. This meaning is directly compositional and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.
Etymology
Bottlenose dolphin may come from the animal's short, rounded beak that looks a little like a small bottle on its nose. That's why the name today refers to this common dolphin species.