bottlenose

A noun referring to any of several dolphins with a rounded forehead and well-developed beak, found chiefly in the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean, or to a northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa vários golfinhos de testa arredondada e bico bem desenvolvido, encontrados principalmente no Atlântico Norte e no Mediterrâneo, ou a baleia-do-norte com testa protuberante.

1. Dolphin species B2 formal scientific

   Any of several dolphins with a rounded forehead and a well-developed beak, found chiefly in the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean.

   • The bottlenose dolphin is known for its intelligence and playful behavior.
   • Researchers observed a pod of bottlenose dolphins off the coast of Florida.
   • Bottlenose dolphins use echolocation to navigate and hunt.

   🇵🇹Golfinho-nariz-de-garrafa

   Sinônimos: bottle-nosed dolphinbottlenose dolphin

2. Whale species C1 formal scientific

   A northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead, also known as the bottle-nosed whale.

   • The northern bottlenose whale is rarely seen due to its deep-diving habits.
   • Scientists tracked a bottlenose whale using satellite tags.
   • Bottlenose whales can dive to depths of over 1,000 meters.

   🇵🇹Baleia-bicuda-de-bico-de-garrafa

   Sinônimos: bottle-nosed whalebottlenose whale

• bottlenoses plural form
• bottlenoses' possessive plural form
• bottlenose's possessive singular form