Definition of dolphin

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Dolphin (n.) A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck of an enemy's vessel..

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Gobline :: Gobline (n.) One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit; -- called also gobrope and gaubline.
Dolphinet :: Dolphinet (n.) A female dolphin.
Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A small constellation between Aquila and Pegasus. See Delphinus, n., 2..
Coryphene :: Coryphene (n.) A fish of the genus Coryphaena. See Dolphin. (2.
Coryphaenoid :: Coryphaenoid (a.) Belonging to, or like, the genus Coryphaena. See Dolphin..
Bottle-nose :: Bottle-nose (n.) A cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, as Delphinus Tursio and Lagenorhyncus leucopleurus, of Europe..
Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) The Coryphaena 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 Coryphaenoid..
Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A mooring post on a wharf or beach.
Cowfish :: Cowfish (n.) A California dolphin (Tursiops Gillii).
Denticete :: Denticete (n. pl.) The division of Cetacea in which the teeth are developed, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc..
Rudolphine :: Rudolphine (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a set of astronomical tables computed by Kepler, and founded on the observations of Tycho Brahe; -- so named from Rudolph II., emperor of Germany..
Martingal :: Martingal (n.) A lower stay of rope or chain for the jib boom or flying jib boom, fastened to, or reeved through, the dolphin striker. Also, the dolphin striker itself..
Soosoo :: Soosoo (n.) A kind of dolphin (Platanista Gangeticus) native of the river Ganges; the Gangetic dolphin. It has a long, slender, somewhat spatulate beak..
Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.
Porpoise :: Porpoise (n.) Any small cetacean of the genus Phocaena, especially P. communis, or P. phocaena, of Europe, and the closely allied American species (P. Americana). The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and snuffer..
Delphinic :: Delphinic (n.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the dolphin; phocenic..
Delphinoid :: Delphinoid (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the dolphin..
Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the gunwale.
Delphine :: Delphine (a.) Pertaining to the dolphin, a genus of fishes..
Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) In old ordnance, one of the handles above the trunnions by which the gun was lifted..
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