Bottle-nosed-dolphin


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

Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung Victor Appleton

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