transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈdäl-fən, ˈdȯl- ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English delphyn, dolphyn, from Anglo-French delphin, alteration of Old French dalfin, from Medieval Latin dalfinus, alteration of Latin delphinus, from Greek delphin-, delphis; akin to Greek delphys womb, Sanskrit garbha
Date: 14th century
1.
a.
(1) : any of various small marine toothed whales (family Delphinidae) with the snout more or less elongated into a beak and the neck vertebrae partially fused
(2) : any of several related chiefly freshwater toothed whales (as of the family Platanistidae)
b. : porpoise 1
2. : either of two active pelagic bony food fishes ( Coryphaena equiselis and C. hippuras of the family Coryphaenidae) of tropical and temperate seas — called also dolphinfish
3. capitalized : Delphinus
4. : a spar or buoy for mooring boats ; also : a cluster of closely driven piles used as a fender for a dock or as a mooring or guide for boats
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dolphin 1a
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