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Delphin
Delphin Del"phin, Delphine Del"phine, a. [See Dauphin.] 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).
Delphin
Delphin Del"phin, n. [L. delphinus a dolphin.] (Chem.) A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also phocenin.
Delphinapterus catodon
Beluga Be*lu"ga (b[-e]*l[=u]"g[.a]), n. [Russ. bieluga a sort of large sturgeon, prop. white fish, fr. bieluii white.] (Zo["o]l.) A cetacean allied to the dolphins. Note: The northern beluga (Delphinapterus catodon) is the white whale and white fish of the whalers. It grows to be from twelve to eighteen feet long.
Delphine
Delphin Del"phin, Delphine Del"phine, a. [See Dauphin.] 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).
Delphine
Delphine Del"phine, a. [L. delphinus a dolphin, Gr. delfi`s, delfi`n.] Pertaining to the dolphin, a genus of fishes.
Delphinic
Delphinic Del*phin"ic, a. [From NL. Delphinium, the name of the genus.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically, relating to the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria).
Delphinic
Delphinic Del*phin"ic, a. [See Delphin, n.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the dolphin; phocenic. Delphinic acid. (Chem.) See Valeric acid, under Valeric. [Obs.]
Delphinic acid
Delphinic Del*phin"ic, a. [See Delphin, n.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the dolphin; phocenic. Delphinic acid. (Chem.) See Valeric acid, under Valeric. [Obs.]
Delphinine
Delphinine Del"phi*nine (?; 104), n. [Cf. F. delphinine.] (Chem.) A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria), as a colorless amorphous powder.
Delphinium staphisagria
Delphinic Del*phin"ic, a. [From NL. Delphinium, the name of the genus.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically, relating to the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria).
Delphinium staphisagria
Delphinine Del"phi*nine (?; 104), n. [Cf. F. delphinine.] (Chem.) A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria), as a colorless amorphous powder.
Delphinium Staphysagria
Stavesacre Staves"a`cre, n. [Corrupted from NL. staphis agria, Gr. ? dried grape + ? wild.] (Bot.) A kind of larkspur (Delphinium Staphysagria), and its seeds, which are violently purgative and emetic. They are used as a parasiticide, and in the East for poisoning fish.
Delphinoid
Delphinoid Del"phi*noid, a. [L. delphinus a dolphin + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the dolphin.
Delphinoidea
Delphinoidea Del`phi*noi"de*a, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.) The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms.
Delphinus
Delphinus Del*phi"nus, n. [L., a dolphin, fr. Gr. delfi`s, delfi`n.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of Cetacea, including the dolphin. See Dolphin, 1. 2. (Astron.) The Dolphin, a constellation near the equator and east of Aquila.
Delphinus
Porpoise Por"poise, n. [OE. porpeys, OF. porpeis, literally, hog fish, from L. porcus swine + piscis fish. See Pork, and Fish.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any small cetacean of the genus Phoc[ae]na, especially P. communis, or P. phoc[ae]na, of Europe, and the closely allied American species (P. Americana). The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and snuffer. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A true dolphin (Delphinus); -- often so called by sailors. Skunk porpoise, or Bay porpoise (Zo["o]l.), a North American porpoise (Lagenorhynchus acutus), larger than the common species, and with broad stripes of white and yellow on the sides. See Illustration in Appendix.
Delphinus Tursio
Bottle-nose Bot"tle-nose`, n. (Zo["o]l.) 1. A cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, as Delphinus Tursio and Lagenorhyncus leucopleurus, of Europe. 2. The puffin.

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