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bottlenose

bot·tle·nose
B b

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bot-l-nohz]
    • /ˈbɒt lˌnoʊz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bot-l-nohz]
    • /ˈbɒt lˌnoʊz/

Definitions of bottlenose word

  • noun bottlenose a kind of whale or dolphin 3
  • noun bottlenose any of a genus (Tursiops) of marine dolphins with a bottle-shaped snout: an easily trained species (T. truncatus) is used in aquarium shows and scientific study 3
  • noun bottlenose any of a genus (Hyperoodon, family Ziphiidae) of toothed whales having a similar beaklike snout 3
  • noun bottlenose bottle-nosed dolphin. 1
  • noun bottlenose bottle-nosed whale. 1
  • noun bottlenose bottlenose dolphin. 0

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Origin of bottlenose

First appearance:

before 1540
One of the 30% oldest English words
First recorded in 1540-50; bottle1 + nose

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Parts of speech for Bottlenose

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

bottlenose popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

bottlenose usage trend in Literature

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