Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - dolphin
Dolphin
dolphin
n. 1 any of various porpoise-like sea mammals of the family Delphinidae having a slender beaklike snout. 2 (in general use) = DORADO 1. 3 a bollard, pile, or buoy for mooring. 4 a structure for protecting the pier of a bridge. 5 a curved fish in heraldry, sculpture, etc. Etymology: ME, also delphin f. L delphinus f. Gk delphis -inos
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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. 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, any of several related chiefly freshwater toothed whales (as of the family Platanistidae), porpoise 1, either of two active pelagic bony food fishes (Coryphaena equiselis and C. hippuras of the family Coryphaenidae) of tropical and temperate seas, Delphinus, a spar or buoy for mooring boats ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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