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bottlenose

bott·le·nose

UK/ˈbɒtəlnəʊz/ uncommon

noun

1.

any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean

Origin

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

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