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dolphin

dol.phin \'da:l-f*n, 'do.l-\ n [ME, fr. MF dophin, daufin, fr. OF dalfin, 
   fr. OProv, fr. ML]dalfinus, alter. of L delphinus, fr. Gk delphin-, 
   delphis; akin to Gk delphys womb, Skt garbha 1a: any of various small 
   toothed whales (family Delphinidae) with the snout  more or less elongated 
   into a beak and the neck vertebrae partially fused 1b: PORPOISE  2: either 
   of two active pelagic percoid food fishes (genus Coryphaena ) of tropical 
   and temperate seas cap  3: DELPHINUS  4: a spar or buoy for mooring boats