Atlantic bottlenose dolphin
- noun
- /əˈtlæntɪk ˈbɑtəlnoʊz ˈdɑlfɪn/
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delfín mular atlántico
- Top: SeaWorld adventure campers interact with an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin at SeaWorld's sister park, Discovery Cove.
Examples
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We watched an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin perform tricks at the marine park, where it leaped through hoops.
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Although species identification of marine mammals was frequently impossible, observers reported that the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, was clearly the dominant species identified.
Academic text (1994) -
The trainers at the aquarium showed visitors how to feed an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin during the demonstration.
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Children were thrilled to see an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin swimming gracefully through the clear blue waters.
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 common sea mammal that lives in the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean and has a rounded forehead and long nose
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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
Surface Forms
Morphology
Atlantic + bottlenose + dolphin
The phrase is fully compositional: 'Atlantic' specifies the geographic area, 'bottlenose' describes the dolphin's type/shape, and 'dolphin' names the animal. A B1 learner who knows these words can infer it denotes a dolphin species in the Atlantic with a bottlenose, and this kind of noun + modifier naming is cross-linguistically common.
Etymology
Atlantic bottlenose dolphin is named for how it looks and where it lives: bottlenose comes from the words 'bottle' and 'nose' because its long snout looks a little like a small bottle, and Atlantic shows it lives in the Atlantic Ocean. So the name helps you remember this common dolphin often seen near coasts and in aquariums.