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- [dol-fin, dawl-]
- /ˈdɒl fɪn, ˈdɔl-/
- /ˈdɒl.fɪn/
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- [dol-fin, dawl-]
- /ˈdɒl fɪn, ˈdɔl-/
Definitions of dolphin word
- noun dolphin any of several chiefly marine, cetacean mammals of the family Delphinidae, having a fishlike body, numerous teeth, and the front of the head elongated into a beaklike projection. 1
- noun dolphin Also called dolphinfish, mahimahi, pompano dolphin. either of two large, slender fishes, Coryphaena hippurus or C. equisetis, of warm and temperate seas. 1
- noun dolphin Nautical. a pile, cluster of piles, or buoy to which a vessel may be moored in open water. a cluster of piles used as a fender, as at the entrance to a dock. a pudding fender at the nose of a tugboat or on the side of a vessel. 1
- noun dolphin (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Delphinus. 1
- noun dolphin A small gregarious toothed whale that typically has a beaklike snout and a curved fin on the back. Dolphins have become well known for their sociable nature and high intelligence. 1
- noun dolphin animal: sea mammal 1
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Origin of dolphin
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English dolphyn < Old French daulphin < Old Provençal dalfin < Vulgar Latin *dalfīnus, Latin delphīnus < Greek delphī́n
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dolphin popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for dolphin
noun dolphin
- mammal — any vertebrate of the class Mammalia, having the body more or less covered with hair, nourishing the young with milk from the mammary glands, and, with the exception of the egg-laying monotremes, giving birth to live young.
- whale — any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, especially as distinguished from the smaller dolphins and porpoises, having a fishlike body, forelimbs modified into flippers, and a head that is horizontally flattened.
- grampus — a cetacean, Grampus griseus, of the dolphin family, widely distributed in northern seas.
- beluga — a large white sturgeon, Acipenser (or Huso) huso, of the Black and Caspian Seas: a source of caviar and isinglass
- porpoise — any of several small, gregarious cetaceans of the genus Phocoena, usually blackish above and paler beneath, and having a blunt, rounded snout, especially the common porpoise, P. phocoena, of both the North Atlantic and Pacific.
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