WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
bottle-nosed whale, 
  1. Mammalsany of various beaked whales of the family Hyperoodontidae, characterized by a bulbous forehead, esp. Hyperoodon ampullatus of the North Atlantic.
Also, bottlenose whale, bottlenosed whale. Also called bottlenose. 
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