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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun dolphin has 2 senses
- dolphin(n = noun.animal) dolphinfish, mahimahi - large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii); Array is a kind of percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
- dolphin(n = noun.animal) Array - any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises; Array is a kind of toothed whale
is a member of coryphaenidae, family coryphaenidae
has particulars: coryphaena hippurus, coryphaena equisetis
has parts: dolphinfish, mahimahi
is a member of delphinidae, family delphinidae
has particulars: common dolphin, delphinus delphis, bottle-nosed dolphin, bottlenose, bottlenose dolphin, porpoise, grampus, grampus griseus, grampus, killer, killer whale, orca, orcinus orca, sea wolf, black whale, blackfish, common blackfish, globicephala melaena, pilot whale, river dolphin, beluga, delphinapterus leucas, white whale
OXFORD DICTIONARY
dolphin, n.
1 any of various porpoise-like sea mammals of the family Delphinidae having a slender beaklike snout.
2 (in general use) = DORADO 1.
3 a bollard, pile, or buoy for mooring.
4 a structure for protecting the pier of a bridge.
5 a curved fish in heraldry, sculpture, etc.
1 any of various porpoise-like sea mammals of the family Delphinidae having a slender beaklike snout.
2 (in general use) = DORADO 1.
3 a bollard, pile, or buoy for mooring.
4 a structure for protecting the pier of a bridge.
5 a curved fish in heraldry, sculpture, etc.
Etymology
ME, also delphin f. L delphinus f. Gk delphis -inos
THESAURUS
dolphin
Chiroptera, Lagomorpha, Loch Ness monster, Primates, Rodentia, alevin, benthon, benthos, cetacean, fingerling, fish, fry, game fish, grilse, kipper, man-eater, man-eating shark, marine animal, minnow, minny, nekton, panfish, plankton, porpoise, salmon, sea monster, sea pig, sea serpent, sea snake, shark, smolt, sponge, tropical fish, whaleROGET THESAURUS
dolphin
Ocean
N sea, ocean, main, deep, brine, salt water, waves, billows, high seas, offing, great waters, watery waste, vasty deep, wave, tide, hydrography, hydrographer, Neptune, Poseidon, Thetis, Triton, Naiad, Nereid, sea nymph, Siren, trident, dolphin, oceanic, marine, maritime, pelagic, pelagian, seagoing, hydrographic, bathybic, cotidal, at sea, on sea, afloat.
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