bottlenose dolphin

See also: bottle-nose dolphin

English

a bottlenose dolphin leaping out of the water

Alternative forms

bottle-nosed dolphin

Noun

bottlenose dolphin (plural bottlenose dolphins)

One of the species of gray dolphin in the genus Tursiops, between 2 and 4 meters in length inhabiting warm and temperate seas worldwide.
1. (historically) Tursiops truncatus, the common bottlenose dolphin, famous for its presence in aquarium shows.

Hyponyms

(Tursiops): Tursiops truncatus, Tursiops aduncus, Tursiops australis

Derived terms

Black Sea bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

Translations

species of dolphin

Abkhaz: афали́на (afalína), амшы́нҳәа ду (amŝə́nḥʷa du)
Armenian: աֆալինա (hy) (afalina)
Asturian: chicharreru (ast)
Bulgarian: афали́на f (afalína)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 寬吻海豚／宽吻海豚 (zh) (kuānwěn hǎitún)
Faroese: hvessingur m
Finnish: pullokuonodelfiini (fi), pullonokkadelfiini (fi)
French: dauphin à gros nez (fr) m grand dauphin (fr) m, tursiops (fr) m
Galician: arroaz (gl) m, bota (gl) f
Georgian: აფალინა (apalina)
German: Tümmler m, großer Tümmler m, Tursiops m
Greek: ρινοδέλφινο (el) n (rinodélfino)
Icelandic: stökkull (is) m
Italian: tursiope (it) m
Japanese: バンドウイルカ (bandōiruka)
Kabardian: хыбж-псыутх (xəbž-psəwutx)
Laz: please add this translation if you can
Persian: دلفین پوزه‌بطری
Portuguese: golfinho-nariz-de-garrafa m
Romanian: delfin cu bot gros m, afalin m
Russian: афали́на (ru) f (afalína)
Scottish Gaelic: muc-bhiorach f
Spanish: delfín mular m, delfín nariz de botella m
Turkish: afalina (tr)
Ukrainian: афалі́на f (afalína)

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