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bottlenose

noun
/ˈbɒtəlnəʊz/

Etymology

From bottle + nose. The creatures have a bottle-shaped nose.

  1. derived from *néh₂s-✻
  2. inherited from *nosu✻
  3. inherited from nosu
  4. inherited from nose
  5. compounded as bottlenose — “bottle + nose”

Definitions

  1. bottlenose dolphin.

  2. bottlenose whale.

  3. bottlenose skate.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The beak or rostrum of a dolphin.

      • The dolphin’s bottlenose struck the boy causing fatal internal injuries.
      • Lilia leaned over the side and Merovinge rose up and touched her nose with the tip of her dolphin's bottlenose while Clovis said, "The water is quite pleasant folks."

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