bottlenose dolphin

== English == === 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. (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 ====