dolphin

dolphin
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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