DELPHIN

Meaning of DELPHIN in English

( n. )

A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also phocenin.

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

DELPHIN — ˈdelfə̇n adjective Usage: capitalized Etymology: from the Delphin classics; Delphin from Medieval Latin delphinus dauphin, from Middle French dalphin; from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DELPHIN — (n.) A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also phocenin.
Английский словарь Webster
DELPHIN — (a.) Alt. of Delphine
Английский словарь Webster
DELPHIN — ( a. ) Alt. of Delphine
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DELPHIN — adj ·alt. of delphine. 2. delphin ·noun a fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; …
Webster English vocab
DOLPHIN — noun Etymology: Middle English delphyn, dolphyn, from Anglo-French delphin, alteration of Old French dalfin, from Medieval Latin dalfinus, alteration of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DELPHINUS — noun Etymology: Latin (genitive Delphini), literally, dolphin, from Greek delphin-, delphis Date: 1854 a northern constellation nearly west of Pegasus
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DELPHINIUM — noun Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Greek delphinion larkspur, diminutive of delphin-, delphis dolphin; probably from the shape of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DOLPHIN — I. ˈdälfə̇n, ˈdȯl- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French dophin, doffin, daufin, from Old French dalfin, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DELPHINIUM — delˈfinēəm noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek delphinion larkspur, diminutive of delphin-, delphis dolphin; from the shape of the nectary …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DELPHININ — ˈ ̷ ̷fənə̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary delphin- (from New Latin Delphinium ) + -in : a violet …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PHOCENIN — (n.) See Delphin.
Английский словарь Webster
DELPHINE — (a.) Pertaining to the dauphin of France; as, the Delphin classics, an edition of the Latin classics, prepared in the …
Английский словарь Webster
PHOCENIN — ( n. ) See Delphin.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DELPHINE — ( a. ) Pertaining to the dauphin of France; as, the Delphin classics, an edition of the Latin classics, prepared …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DOLPHIN — /dol"fin, dawl"-/ , n. 1. any of several chiefly marine, cetacean mammals of the family Delphinidae, having a fishlike body, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DELPHINUS — /del fuy"neuhs/ , n., gen. Delphini /-nuy/ . Astron. the Dolphin, a northern constellation between Aquila and Pegasus. [ delphinus …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DELPHINIUM — /del fin"ee euhm/ , n. , pl. delphiniums, delphinia /-ee euh/ . any of numerous plants of the genus Delphinium, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DELPHININE — /del"feuh neen', -nin/ , n. Chem. a bitter, poisonous, crystalline alkaloid, C 33 H 45 NO 9 , obtained from …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DELPHININ — /del"feuh nin/ , n. Chem. a violet anthocyanin, C 41 H 38 O 21 , found in the flowers of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOLPHIN — noun Etymology: Middle English delphyn, dolphyn, from Anglo-French delphin, alteration of Old French dalfin, from Medieval Latin dalfinus, alteration of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DELPHINUS — noun Etymology: Latin (genitive Delphini ), literally, dolphin, from Greek delphin-, delphis Date: 1854 : a northern constellation nearly west …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DELPHINIUM — noun Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Greek delphinion larkspur, diminutive of delphin-, delphis dolphin; probably from the shape of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PHOCENIN — noun ·see delphin.
Webster English vocab
DELPHINE — adj pertaining to the dolphin, a genus of fishes. 2. delphine ·adj pertaining to the dauphin of france; as, the …
Webster English vocab
DOLPHIN — ■ noun 1》 a small gregarious and intelligent toothed whale with a beak-like snout and a curved fin on the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
DELPHINIUM — [ dɛl'fɪnɪəm ] ■ noun ( plural ~s ) a popular garden plant bearing tall spikes of blue flowers. [Genus …
Concise Oxford English vocab
DOLPHIN — [dol.phin] n [ME, fr. MF dophin, daufin, fr. OF dalfin, fr. OProv, fr. ML dalfinus, alter. of L delphinus, fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DELPHINIUM — [del.phin.i.um] n [NL, genus name, fr. Gk delphinion larkspur, dim. of delphin-, delphis dolphin; prob. fr. the shape of the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DELPHINUS — [Del.phi.nus] n [L (gen. Delphini), lit., dolphin, fr. Gk delphin-, delphis]: a northern constellation nearly west of Pegasus
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DACIER, ANDR — born April 6, 1651, Castres, France died Sept. 18, 1722, Paris classical scholar and translator who with his wife, Anne …
Britannica English vocabulary

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary

← DELPHIN DELPHINE→