1. (

• bottlenose_dolphin ,
• bottle-nosed_dolphin ,
• bottlenose ,

) any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean ;

2. (

• bottle-nosed_whale ,
• bottlenose_whale ,
• bottlenose ,
• Hyperoodon_ampullatus

) northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead ;