n. (Zool.) 1. A grey cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, as Delphinus Tursio and Lagenorhyncus leucopleurus, of Europe. Also Tursiops truncatus -- a synonym? Syn. -- bottlenose dolphin. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
2. The puffin. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. a north Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead. Syn. -- bottle-nosed whale, bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
(n) any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean, Syn. bottlenose, bottle-nosed dolphin