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Delphin [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Delphin [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also phocenin.

Delphine [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Pertaining to the dolphin, a genus of fishes.

2. Pertaining to the dauphin of France; as the delphine edition of the classics.

Delphine [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Pertaining to the dauphin of France; as, the Delphin classics, an edition of the Latin classics, prepared in the reign of Louis XIV., for the use of the dauphin (in usum Delphini).

2. Pertaining to the dolphin, a genus of fishes.

Delphinia Encyclopedia Britannica

DELPHINIA, a festival of Apollo held annually on the 7th of the month Munychion (April) at Athens, where he was styled Delphinios. All that is known of the ceremonies is that a number of girls proceeded to his temple carrying suppliants’ branches and seeking to propitiate Apollo, probably as a god having influence on the sea. It was at this time of year that navigation opened again after the storms of winter.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 7, p. 53
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Delphinic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically, relating to the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria).

Delphinic [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pertaining to, or derived from, the dolphin; phocenic.

Delphinine [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria), as a colorless amorphous powder.

Delphinite [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A mineral called also pistacite and epidote.

Delphinoid [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pertaining to, or resembling, the dolphin.

Delphinoidea [Noun plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms.

Delphinus [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A genus of Cetacea, including the dolphin. See Dolphin, 1.

2. The Dolphin, a constellation near the equator and east of Aquila.