bottlenose dolphin

noun

: a small gray whale that has a long nose

Full Definition of BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN

: a relatively small stout-bodied chiefly gray toothed whale (Tursiops truncatus) with a prominent beak and falcate dorsal fin

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1940

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