Meaning & use
Bottlenose
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A dolphin species, or any of several other animals, characterized by a short, rounded snout resembling the neck of a bottle.
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A pod of bottlenose dolphins followed the boat for nearly an hour.
The aquarium's newest exhibit features a young bottlenose recovering from injury.
A note on using this word
The name comes from the animal's short, thick snout, which resembles the neck of a bottle; it is most familiar as short for 'bottlenose dolphin.'
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