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Added 10 October 2026

bottlenose

/ˈbɒtəlnəʊz/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about bottlenose at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean.
Northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead.

Origin

From bottle + nose. The creatures have a bottle-shaped nose.

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