bottle-nosed dolphin

bot·tle·nose dolphin

B0413950 (bŏt′l-nōz′) also bot·tle-nosed dolphin (-nōzd′)n. A marine mammal (Tursiops truncatus) of temperate and tropical waters worldwide, having a short protruding beak, a gray or brown stocky body, and a prominent curved dorsal fin.

bot′tle-nosed` dol′phin

n. any of several dolphins of the genus Tursiops, common in North Atlantic and Mediterranean waters, having a rounded forehead and well-defined beak.

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bottle-nosed dolphin - any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterraneanbottlenose, bottlenose dolphindolphin - any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoisesgenus Tursiops, Tursiops - a genus of DelphinidaeAtlantic bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus - the most common dolphin of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; often kept captive and trained to performPacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops gilli - a bottlenose dolphin found in the Pacific Ocean

Bottle-Nosed Dolphin

(Tursiops truncatus), a mammal from the dolphin family of the order Cetacea. Its body is from 2.5 m to 3.9 m long and weighs up to 280 kg. It is widely distributed (absent in the Arctic and Antarctic waters). In the USSR, it is found in the Black Sea (mainly along the shores of the Crimea). It feeds on demersal fish. In Soviet waters it has been under protection since 1965. The bottle-nosed dolphin is the most common subject on which oceanariums of many nations (including the USSR) conduct experiments to study echolocation, behavior, functional morphology, and so forth. This is explained by this dolphin’s exceptional capacity to be trained, by its peace-loving nature, and by the fact that it is relatively easy to keep.

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Tomilin, A. G. Del’finy sluzhat cheloveku. Moscow, 1969.

bottle-nosed dolphin

bot·tle·nose dolphin