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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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First Known Use of BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN
1940
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