'Lagenorhyncus leucopleurus' definitions:

Definition of 'Lagenorhyncus leucopleurus'

From: GCIDE
  • Bottle-nose \Bot"tle-nose`\ Bottle-nosed dolphin \Bot"tle-nosed` dolphin\, n. (Zool.)
  • 1. A grey cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, as Delphinus Tursio and Lagenorhyncus leucopleurus, of Europe.
  • Note: 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]