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dolphin vs bottle-nosed dolphin

bottle-nosed dolphin vs dolphin

dolphin and bottle-nosed dolphin both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
dolphin Yes No No No
bottle-nosed dolphin Yes No No No
As nouns, bottle-nosed dolphin is a hyponym of dolphin; that is, bottle-nosed dolphin is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dolphin:
  • dolphin: any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises
  • bottle-nosed dolphin: any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean
dolphin (noun) bottle-nosed dolphin (noun)
any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean
large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)
Difference between dolphin and bottle-nosed dolphin

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