Definition of dolphin

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Dolphin (n.) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.

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Dolphinet :: Dolphinet (n.) A female dolphin.
Torqued :: Torqued (a.) Twisted; bent; -- said of a dolphin haurient, which forms a figure like the letter S..
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 permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the gunwale.
Bottle-nose :: Bottle-nose (n.) A cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, as Delphinus Tursio and Lagenorhyncus leucopleurus, of Europe..
Sea Pig :: Sea pig () A porpoise or dolphin.
Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A cetacean of the genus Delphinus and allied genera (esp. D. delphis); the true dolphin.
Delphinoid :: Delphinoid (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the dolphin..
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..
Aquila :: Aquila (n.) A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle.
Porpoise :: Porpoise (n.) A true dolphin (Delphinus); -- often so called by sailors.
Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A mooring post on a wharf or beach.
Delphinus :: Delphinus (n.) A genus of Cetacea, including the dolphin. See Dolphin, 1..
Phocenic :: Phocenic (a.) Of or pertaining to dolphin oil or porpoise oil; -- said of an acid (called also delphinic acid) subsequently found to be identical with valeric acid.
Delphinoidea :: Delphinoidea (n. pl.) The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms..
Beluga :: Beluga (n.) A cetacean allied to the dolphins.
Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) In old ordnance, one of the handles above the trunnions by which the gun was lifted..
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..
Cowfish :: Cowfish (n.) A California dolphin (Tursiops Gillii).
Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.
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