- dol·phin
- /ˈdɑːlfən/ noun, pl -phins [count]: a small usually gray whale that has a pointed nose — compare ↑porpoise
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Dol|phin — «DOL fuhn», noun. 1. a) any one of a group of sea mammals related to the whale, but smaller. It has a snout like a beak and remarkable intelligence. Dolphins belong to the same order as whales and porpoises. b) = porpoise. (Cf. ↑porpoise) 2.… … Useful english dictionary
dol|phin — «DOL fuhn», noun. 1. a) any one of a group of sea mammals related to the whale, but smaller. It has a snout like a beak and remarkable intelligence. Dolphins belong to the same order as whales and porpoises. b) = porpoise. (Cf. ↑porpoise) 2.… … Useful english dictionary
dol|phin|ar|i|um — «DOL fuh NAIR ee uhm», noun, plural i|ums, i|a « ee uh». an aquarium for dolphins … Useful english dictionary
dol´phin|like´ — dol|phin «DOL fuhn», noun. 1. a) any one of a group of sea mammals related to the whale, but smaller. It has a snout like a beak and remarkable intelligence. Dolphins belong to the same order as whales and porpoises. b) = porpoise. (Cf.… … Useful english dictionary
dol|phin|fish — «DOL fuhn FIHSH», noun, plural fish|es or (collectively) fish. = dolphin (def. 2). (Cf. ↑dolphin) … Useful english dictionary
Go|dol|phin Barb — «guh DOL fuhn», one of the three stallions from which all English thoroughbred horses are descended. The other two were the Byerly Turk and the Darley Arabian. ╂[< the Earl of Godolphin, in Cambridgeshire, England, who acquired it in the mid… … Useful english dictionary
phin — amor·phin·ism; dau·phin; dau·phin·ess; del·phin; del·phin·i·dae; del·phin·i·din; del·phin·i·um; jo·se·phin·ite; mor·phin·ism; mor·phin·ist; mor·phin·ize; phos·phin·ic; por·phin; ser·a·phin; thy·rot·ro·phin; beta en·dor·phin; dyn·or·phin;… … English syllables
dol — acar·i·dol·o·gist; ac·et·al·dol; ac·i·dol·y·sis; ac·ri·dol·o·gy; al·dol; al·dol·ase; al·dol·i·za·tion; al·dol·ize; am·i·dol; can·a·dol; can·dol·le·a·ce·ae; can·dol·le·a·ceous; cec·i·dol·o·gy; coc·ci·dol·o·gy; con·dol·ing; cu·lic·i·dol·o·gist;… … English syllables
dolphin — dol·phin … English syllables
dolphin — dol|phin [ˈdɔlfın US ˈda:l , ˈdo:l ] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: dalfin, from Greek delphis] a very intelligent sea animal like a fish with a long grey pointed nose … Dictionary of contemporary English
