bottlenose dolphin
noun1
One of the species of gray dolphin in the genus Tursiops, between two and four meters in length, inhabiting warm and temperate seas worldwide.
2
Dated Tursiops truncatus, the common bottlenose dolphin, famous for its presence in aquarium shows.
- Derived terms
- Black Sea bottlenose dolphin
- Hyponyms
- Tursiops truncatus, Tursiops aduncus, Tursiops australis