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Dolphin   /dˈɑlfən/   Listen
noun
dolphin  n.  
1.
(Zool.) A cetacean of the genus Delphinus and allied genera (esp. Delphinus delphis); the true dolphin. Note: The dolphin of the ancients (Delphinus delphis) is common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, and attains a length of from six to eight feet.
2.
(Zool.) The Coryphaena hippuris, a fish of about five feet in length, celebrated for its surprising changes of color when dying. It is the fish commonly known as the dolphin. The term is also applied to the related Coryphaena equisetis. Called also dolphinfish and (especially in Hawaii) mahimahi. See also dolphinfish and Coryphaenoid.
Synonyms: dolphinfish, mahimahi.
3.
(Gr. Antiq.) A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck of an enemy's vessel.
4.
(Naut.)
(a)
A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.
(b)
A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.
(c)
A mooring post on a wharf or beach.
(d)
A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the gunwale.
5.
(Gun.) In old ordnance, one of the handles above the trunnions by which a cannon was lifted.
6.
(Astron.) A small constellation between Aquila and Pegasus. See Delphinus, n., 2.
Dolphin fly (Zool.), the black, bean, or collier, Aphis (Aphis fable), destructive to beans.
Dolphin striker (Naut.), a short vertical spar under the bowsprit.





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"Dolphin" Quotes from Famous Books



... pre-emption whenever any relics of ancient art are discovered. If the statue could but be smuggled out of Italy, it might command almost any price. There is not, I think, any name of a sculptor on the pedestal, as on that of the Venus de' Medici. A dolphin is sculptured on the pillar against which she leans. The statue is of Greek marble. It was first found about eight days ago, but has been offered for inspection only a day or two, and already the visitors ...
— Passages From the French and Italian Notebooks, Complete • Nathaniel Hawthorne
... avarice and a sentiment—a sentiment, do you hear?—which I do not name more plainly, simply because wickedness is repulsive to me, and I do not stand here as an accuser. Whoever upholds the word-monger who spouts forth books as the dolphin at my side does water, may do so. I shall not envy him. But first look at Didymus's ally and panegyrist. There he stands opposite to me. It would have been better for him had the dolphin at his feet taught him silence. Then he might have remained in ...
— Uarda • Georg Ebers
... dip, he found that swimming would not save him; so he quietly emptied out the water contained in the Umbrella, seated himself upon it, and sailed triumphantly into the harbour, like Arion on his dolphin. ...
— Umbrellas and their History • William Sangster
... at the end of the bridge explained in Latin verse the meaning of all. The Lady of the Lake, invisible since the disappearance of the renowned prince Arthur, approached on a floating island along the moat to recite adulatory verses. Arion, being summoned for the like purpose, appeared on a dolphin four-and-twenty feet long, which carried in its belly a whole orchestra. A Sibyl, a "Salvage man" and an Echo posted in the park, all harangued in the same strain. Music and dancing enlivened the Sunday evening. Splendid fireworks were displayed both on land ...
— Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth • Lucy Aikin
... times emerging from the flood, She mew'd to every watery God, Some speedy aid to send. No Dolphin came, no Nereid stirr'd: Nor cruel Tom, nor Susan heard. 35 A ...
— Select Poems of Thomas Gray • Thomas Gray


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