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Dolphin - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Dolphin : (noun)
1: large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm
seas (especially around Hawaii) [syn: dolphinfish, mahimahi]
2: any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout;
larger than porpoises
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Dolphin : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Dolphin, VA
Zip code(s): 23843
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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