Phrase guide

bottlenose dolphin

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

One of the species of gray dolphin in the genus Tursiops, between two and four meters in length, inhabiting warm and temperate seas worldwide.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

One of the species of gray dolphin in the genus Tursiops, between two and four meters in length, inhabiting warm and temperate seas worldwide.

Tursiops truncatus, the common bottlenose dolphin, famous for its presence in aquarium shows.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

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noun

Meaning 3

any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bottle-nosed dolphin, bottlenose

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dolphin

Narrower terms: Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops gilli

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Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: афали́на (afalína) — species of dolphin
  • Abkhaz: амшы́нҳәа ду (amŝə́nḥwa du) — species of dolphin
  • Armenian: աֆալինա (afalina) — species of dolphin
  • Asturian: chicharreru — species of dolphin
  • Bulgarian: афали́на (afalína) — species of dolphin
  • Catalan: dofí mular — species of dolphin
  • Catalan: corçana — species of dolphin
  • Catalan: roassa — species of dolphin
  • Chinese Mandarin: 寬吻海豚 /宽吻海豚 (kuānwěn hǎitún) — species of dolphin
  • East Circassian: хыбж-псыутх (xəbž-psəwutx) — species of dolphin
  • Faroese: hvessingur — species of dolphin
  • Finnish: pullokuonodelfiini — species of dolphin
  • Finnish: pullonokkadelfiini — species of dolphin
  • French: dauphin à gros nez m grand dauphin — species of dolphin
  • French: tursiops — species of dolphin
  • Galician: arroaz — species of dolphin
  • Galician: bota — species of dolphin
  • Georgian: აფალინა (apalina) — species of dolphin
  • German: Tümmler — species of dolphin
  • German: großer Tümmler — species of dolphin
  • German: Tursiops — species of dolphin
  • Greek: ρινοδέλφινο (rinodélfino) — species of dolphin
  • Icelandic: stökkull — species of dolphin
  • Irish: deilf bholgshrónach — species of dolphin
  • Italian: tursiope — species of dolphin
  • Japanese: バンドウイルカ (bandōiruka) — species of dolphin
  • Korean: 큰돌고래 (keundolgorae) — species of dolphin
  • Persian: دلفین پوزهبطری — species of dolphin
  • Polish: butlonos — species of dolphin
  • Portuguese: golfinho-nariz-de-garrafa — species of dolphin
  • Portuguese: roaz — species of dolphin
  • Portuguese: roaz-corvineiro — species of dolphin
  • Portuguese: golfinho-roaz — species of dolphin
  • Romanian: delfin cu bot gros — species of dolphin
  • Romanian: afalin — species of dolphin
  • Russian: афали́на (afalína) — species of dolphin
  • Scottish Gaelic: muc-bhiorach — species of dolphin
  • Spanish: delfín mular — species of dolphin
  • Spanish: delfín nariz de botella — species of dolphin
  • Turkish: afalina — species of dolphin
  • Ukrainian: афалі́на (afalína) — species of dolphin
  • Vietnamese: cá heo mũi chai — species of dolphin
  • Welsh: dolffin trwynbwl — species of dolphin