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    BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterraneanplay

    Synonyms:

    bottle-nosed dolphin; bottlenose; bottlenose dolphin

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("bottle-nosed dolphin" is a kind of...):

    dolphin (any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bottle-nosed dolphin"):

    Atlantic bottlenose dolphin; Tursiops truncatus (the most common dolphin of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; often kept captive and trained to perform)

    Pacific bottlenose dolphin; Tursiops gilli (a bottlenose dolphin found in the Pacific Ocean)

    Holonyms ("bottle-nosed dolphin" is a member of...):

    genus Tursiops; Tursiops (a genus of Delphinidae)

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