Bottlenose
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Bottlenose may refer to:
  • The Bottlenose Dolphin
    Bottlenose Dolphin
    Bottlenose dolphins, the genus Tursiops, are the most common and well-known members of the family Delphinidae, the family of oceanic dolphins. Recent molecular studies show the genus contains two species, the common bottlenose dolphin and the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin , instead of one...

  • The Bottlenose whale
    Bottlenose whale
    The Northern bottlenose whale is a species of the ziphiid family, one of two members of the Hyperoodon genus. The northern bottlenose was hunted heavily by Norway and Britain in the 19th and early 20th centuries...

  • The order Lagenorhynchus
    Lagenorhynchus
    Lagenorhynchus is a genus in the order Cetacea, traditionally containing six species:* white-beaked dolphin, Lagenorhynchus albirostris* Atlantic white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus acutus...

    , derived from Greek for "bottlenose"
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