bottlenose dolphin

See also: bottle-nose dolphin

English

a bottlenose dolphin leaping out of the water

Alternative forms

• bottle-nosed dolphin

Noun

bottlenose dolphin (plural bottlenose dolphins)

1. One of the species of gray dolphin in the genus Tursiops, between 2 and 4 meters in length inhabiting warm and temperate seas worldwide.
   1. (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

species of dolphin

• Abkhaz: афали́на (afalína), амшы́нҳәа ду (amŝə́nḥʷa du)
• Armenian: աֆալինա (hy) (afalina)
• Asturian: chicharreru (ast)
• Bulgarian: афали́на f (afalína)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 寬吻海豚／宽吻海豚 (zh) (kuānwěn hǎitún)

• Faroese: hvessingur m
• Finnish: pullokuonodelfiini (fi), pullonokkadelfiini (fi)
• French: dauphin à gros nez (fr) m grand dauphin (fr) m, tursiops (fr) m
• Galician: arroaz (gl) m, bota (gl) f
• Georgian: აფალინა (apalina)
• German: Tümmler m, großer Tümmler m, Tursiops m
• Greek: ρινοδέλφινο (el) n (rinodélfino)
• Icelandic: stökkull (is) m
• Italian: tursiope (it) m
• Japanese: バンドウイルカ (bandōiruka)
• Kabardian: хыбж-псыутх (xəbž-psəwutx)
• Laz: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: دلفین پوزه‌بطری
• Portuguese: golfinho-nariz-de-garrafa m
• Romanian: delfin cu bot gros m, afalin m
• Russian: афали́на (ru) f (afalína)
• Scottish Gaelic: muc-bhiorach f
• Spanish: delfín mular m, delfín nariz de botella m
• Turkish: afalina (tr)
• Ukrainian: афалі́на f (afalína)