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Dolphin

Dolphin Meaning & Definition
Dolphin Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dolphin?

[n] any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises
[n] large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dolphin: dolphinfish | mahimahi

Related Terms | Find terms related to Dolphin: alevin | benthon | benthos | cetacean | Chiroptera | fingerling | fish | fry | game fish | grilse | kipper | Lagomorpha | Loch Ness monster | man-eater | man-eating shark | marine animal | minnow | minny | nekton | panfish | plankton | porpoise | Primates | Rodentia | salmon | sea monster | sea pig | sea serpent | sea snake | shark | smolt | sponge | tropical fish | whale

See Also | beluga | black whale | blackfish | bottlenose | bottlenose dolphin | bottle-nosed dolphin | common blackfish | common dolphin | Coryphaena equisetis | Coryphaena hippurus | Coryphaenidae | Delphinapterus leucas | Delphinidae | Delphinus delphis | family Coryphaenidae | family Delphinidae | Globicephala melaena | grampus | Grampus griseus | killer | killer whale | orca | Orcinus orca | percoid | percoid fish | percoidean | pilot whale | porpoise | river dolphin | sea wolf | toothed whale | white whale

Dolphin In Webster's Dictionary

\Dol"phin\ (d[o^]l"f[i^]n), n. [F. dauphin dolphin, dauphin, earlier spelt also doffin; cf. OF. dalphinal of the dauphin; fr. L. delphinus, Gr. delfi`s a dolphin (in senses 1, 2, & 5), perh. properly, belly fish; cf. delfy`s womb, Skr. garbha; perh. akin to E. calf. Cf. {Dauphin}, {Delphine}.] 1. (Zool.) (a) A cetacean of the genus {Delphinus} and allied genera (esp. {D. delphis}); the true dolphin. (b) The {Coryph[ae]na hippuris}, a fish of about five feet in length, celebrated for its surprising changes of color when dying. It is the fish commonly known as the dolphin. See {Coryph[ae]noid}. Note: The dolphin of the ancients ({D. delphis}) is common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, and attains a length of from six to eight feet. 2. [Gr. delfi`s] (Gr. Antiq.) A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck of an enemy's vessel. 3. (Naut.) (a) A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage. (b) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables. --R. H. Dana. (c) A mooring post on a wharf or beach. (d) A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the gunwale. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. 4. (Gun.) In old ordnance, one of the handles above the trunnions by which the gun was lifted. 5. (Astron.) A small constellation between Aquila and Pegasus. See {Delphinus}, n., 2. {Dolphin fly} (Zo["o]l.), the black, bean, or collier, Aphis ({Aphis fable}), destructive to beans. {Dolphin striker} (Naut.), a short vertical spar under the bowsprit.

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