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BOTTLENOSE See also:WHALE (Hyperoodon rostratus) , a member of the sperm-whale See also:family, which is an inhabitant of the See also:North See also:Atlantic, passing the summer in the Spitzbergen seas and going farther See also:south in See also:winter. It resembles the sperm-whale in possessing a large See also:store of oil in the upper See also:part of the See also:head, which yields See also:spermaceti when refined; on this See also:account, and also for the See also:sake of the blubber, which supplies an oil almost in-distinguishable from sperm-oil, this whale became the See also:object of a See also:regular See also:chase in the latter See also:half of the 19th See also:century. In length these whales vary between 20 ft. and 30 ft.; and in See also:colour from See also:black on the upper See also:surface in the See also:young to See also:light See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown in old animals, the under-parts being greyish See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white. There is no notch between the flukes, as in other whales, but the hinder part of the tail is rounded. Bottlenoses feed on cuttle-fishes and squills, and are practically toothless; the only See also:teeth which exist in the adult being a small pair at the front of the See also:lower See also:jaw, concealed beneath the See also:- GUM (Fr. gomme, Lat. gommi, Gr. Kµµ1, possibly a Coptic word; distinguish " gum," the fleshy covering of the base of a tooth, in O. Eng. gbma, palate, cf. Ger. Gaumen, roof of the mouth; the ultimate origin is probably the root gha, to open wide, seen in
gum during See also:life. Examples have frequently been recorded on the See also:British coasts. In See also:November 1904 a See also:female, 24 ft. See also:long, and a See also:calf 15 ft. long were driven ashore at See also:Whitstable.
End of Article: BOTTLENOSE WHALE (Hyperoodon rostratus)
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