Bot"tle green` (&?;) A dark shade of green, like that of bottle glass. -- Bot"tle-green`, a.
Bot"tle*head` (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) A cetacean allied to the grampus; -- called also bottle-nosed whale.
There are several species so named, as the pilot whales, of the genus Globicephalus, and one or more species of Hyperoödon (H. bidens, etc.), found on the European coast. See Blackfish, 1.
Bot"tle*hold`er (&?;), n. 1. One who attends a pugilist in a prize fight; -- so called from the bottle of water of which he has charge.
2. One who assists or supports another in a contest; an abettor; a backer. [Colloq.]
Lord Palmerston considered himself the bottleholder of oppressed states.
The London Times.
Bot"tle-nose` (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) 1. A cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, as Delphinus Tursio and Lagenorhyncus leucopleurus, of Europe.