01 n. A grey cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, as Delphinus Tursio and Lagenorhyncus leucopleurus, of Europe.
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A grey cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, as Delphinus Tursio and Lagenorhyncus leucopleurus, of Europe.(Zool.)
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The puffin.
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a north Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead.
Syn.
bottlenose dolphin. — Syn. -- bottle-nosed whale, bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus.