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Atlantic bottlenose dolphin

Definitions of Atlantic bottlenose dolphin
  1. noun
    the most common dolphin of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; often kept captive and trained to perform
    synonyms: Tursiops truncatus
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    type of:
    bottle-nosed dolphin, bottlenose, bottlenose dolphin
    any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean
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