atlantic bottlenose dolphin

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   the most common dolphin of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; often kept captive and trained to perform

   SynonymsTursiops truncatus

   Broaderbottlenose dolphin

Questions about atlantic bottlenose dolphin

What does atlantic bottlenose dolphin mean?

atlantic bottlenose dolphin means "the most common dolphin of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; often kept captive and trained to perform".

What is another word for atlantic bottlenose dolphin?

Close synonyms include Tursiops truncatus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is atlantic bottlenose dolphin a common word?

atlantic bottlenose dolphin is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.