bottlenose
noun/ˈbɒtəlnəʊz/
Etymology From bottle + nose. The creatures have a bottle-shaped nose.
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bottlenose dolphin.
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bottlenose whale.
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bottlenose skate.
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The beak or rostrum of a dolphin.
- I didn’t have a mirror, but I could guess how gross I looked. I had this huge, long bottlenose sticking out of my otherwise normal face. My skin was gray rubber. And when I felt behind me with my rapidly shriveling hands, I could feel the triangular blade of a dorsal fin rising out of my spine.(Can we date this quote?), K A Applegate, The Message:
- The dolphin’s bottlenose struck the boy causing fatal internal injuries.2014 June 9, “Utah Toddler Killed By Dolphin In San Francisco”, in The Count:
2 more examples
- 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."2019, Jay P Newcomb, Visigothic: The Legendary Journeys:
- A dolphin might be thinking of ripping your heart out, or poking you to death with its bottlenose, the way it might do to a shark, but since it’s always smiling, you think it’s your friend.2016 September 24, “‘Challenger’ chronicles a son’s journey through mental illness”, in Statesman, archived from the original on 28 Sep 2021: