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Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A cetacean of the genus Delphinus and allied genera (esp. D. delphis); the true dolphin.

Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.

Cowfish :: Cowfish (n.) A California dolphin (Tursiops Gillii).

Delphinic :: Delphinic (n.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the dolphin; phocenic..

Coryphene :: Coryphene (n.) A fish of the genus Coryphaena. See Dolphin. (2.

Odontocete :: Odontocete (n.pl.) A subdivision of Cetacea, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.; the toothed whales..

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..

Inia :: Inia (n.) A South American freshwater dolphin (Inia Boliviensis). It is ten or twelve feet long, and has a hairy snout..

Dolphinet :: Dolphinet (n.) A female dolphin.

Hippocampus :: Hippocampus (n.) A fabulous monster, with the head and fore quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or other fish (Hippocampus brevirostris), -- seen in Pompeian paintings, attached to the chariot of Neptune..

Aquila :: Aquila (n.) A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle.

Valerin :: Valerin (n.) A salt of valeric acid with glycerin, occurring in butter, dolphin oil., and forming an forming an oily liquid with a slightly unpleasant odor..

Aldine :: Aldine (a.) An epithet applied to editions (chiefly of the classics) which proceeded from the press of Aldus Manitius, and his family, of Venice, for the most part in the 16th century and known by the sign of the anchor and the dolphin. The term has also been applied to certain elegant editions of English works..

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..

Delphine :: Delphine (a.) Pertaining to the dolphin, a genus of fishes..

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..

Gobline :: Gobline (n.) One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit; -- called also gobrope and gaubline.

Porpoise :: Porpoise (n.) A true dolphin (Delphinus); -- often so called by sailors.

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..

Beluga :: Beluga (n.) A cetacean allied to the dolphins.

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