bottlehead

bottlehead
/bot"l hed'/, n.
bottlenose (def. 2).
[1645-55; BOTTLE1 + HEAD]

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  • Hyperoodon bidens — Bottlehead Bot tle*head , n. (Zo[ o]l.) A cetacean allied to the grampus; called also {bottle nosed whale}. [1913 Webster] Note: There are several species so named, as the pilot whales, of the genus {Globicephalus}, and one or more species of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Beaked — (b[=e]kt), a. 1. Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak shaped. Each beaked promontory. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) Furnished with a process or a mouth like a beak; rostrate. [1913 Webster] {Beaked whale} (Zo[ o]l.), a cetacean of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Beaked whale — Beaked Beaked (b[=e]kt), a. 1. Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak shaped. Each beaked promontory. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) Furnished with a process or a mouth like a beak; rostrate. [1913 Webster] {Beaked whale} (Zo[ o]l.), a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bottle-nosed whale — noun northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead • Syn: ↑bottlenose whale, ↑bottlenose, ↑Hyperoodon ampullatus • Hypernyms: ↑beaked whale • Member Holonyms: ↑Hyperoodon, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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