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Delphin
(gcide) | 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).
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Delphin
(gcide) | 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.
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delphinium
(encz) | delphinium, |
delphinus
(encz) | Delphinus, |
Delphinapterus catodon
(gcide) | Beluga \Be*lu"ga\ (b[-e]*l[=u]"g[.a]), n. [Russ. bieluga a sort
of large sturgeon, prop. white fish, fr. bieluii white. The
whale is now commonly called bieluka in Russian.]
1. (Zool.) A cetacean allied to the dolphins.
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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.
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2. the sturgeon (Huso huso) native to the Black Sea and
Caspian Sea; -- also called hausen. It is valued for its
roe, sold as caviar, and is also used for production of
isinglass. See also sturgeon.
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3. the caviar obtained from the beluga[2]; -- also called
beluga caviar. The caviar of the beluga is considered
the finest sort, larger and of a taste superior to that
obtained from other sturgeon. See also sturgeon and
caviar.
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Delphine
(gcide) | 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).
[1913 Webster]Delphine \Del"phine\, a. [L. delphinus a dolphin, Gr. delfi`s,
delfi`n.]
Pertaining to the dolphin, a genus of fishes.
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Delphinic
(gcide) | Delphinic \Del*phin"ic\, a. [See Delphin, n.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, the dolphin; phocenic.
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Delphinic acid. (Chem.) See Valeric acid, under
Valeric. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]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).
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Delphinic acid
(gcide) | Delphinic \Del*phin"ic\, a. [See Delphin, n.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, the dolphin; phocenic.
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Delphinic acid. (Chem.) See Valeric acid, under
Valeric. [Obs.]
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Delphinine
(gcide) | Delphinine \Del"phi*nine\ (?; 104), n. [Cf. F. delphinine.]
(Chem.)
A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre
(Delphinium staphisagria), as a colorless amorphous powder.
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Delphinium Ajacis
(gcide) | Rocket \Rock"et\, n. [F. roquette (cf. Sp. ruqueta, It
ruchetta), fr. L. eruca.] (Bot.)
(a) A cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in
Europe as a salad.
(b) Damewort.
(c) Rocket larkspur. See below.
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Dyer's Rocket. (Bot.) See Dyer's broom, under Broom.
Rocket larkspur (Bot.), an annual plant with showy flowers
in long racemes (Delphinium Ajacis).
Sea rocket (Bot.), either of two fleshy cruciferous plants
(Cakile maritima and Cakile Americana) found on the
seashore of Europe and America.
Yellow rocket (Bot.), a common cruciferous weed with yellow
flowers (Barbarea vulgaris).
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Delphinium Consolida
(gcide) | Larkspur \Lark"spur\, n. (Bot.)
A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Delphinium), having showy
flowers, and a spurred calyx. They are natives of the North
Temperate zone. The commonest larkspur of the gardens is
Delphinium Consolida. The flower of the bee larkspur
(Delphinium elatum) has two petals bearded with yellow
hairs, and looks not unlike a bee.
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Delphinium elatum
(gcide) | Larkspur \Lark"spur\, n. (Bot.)
A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Delphinium), having showy
flowers, and a spurred calyx. They are natives of the North
Temperate zone. The commonest larkspur of the gardens is
Delphinium Consolida. The flower of the bee larkspur
(Delphinium elatum) has two petals bearded with yellow
hairs, and looks not unlike a bee.
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Delphinium staphisagria
(gcide) | 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).
[1913 Webster]Delphinine \Del"phi*nine\ (?; 104), n. [Cf. F. delphinine.]
(Chem.)
A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre
(Delphinium staphisagria), as a colorless amorphous powder.
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Delphinium Staphysagria
(gcide) | Stavesacre \Staves"a`cre\ (st[=a]vz"[=a]`k[~e]r), n. [Corrupted
from NL. staphis agria, Gr. stafi`s dried grape + 'a`grios
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.
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Delphinoid
(gcide) | Delphinoid \Del"phi*noid\, a. [L. delphinus a dolphin + -oid.]
(Zool.)
Pertaining to, or resembling, the dolphin.
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Delphinoidea
(gcide) | Delphinoidea \Del`phi*noi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zool.)
The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins,
porpoises, and related forms.
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Delphinus
(gcide) | Delphinus \Del*phi"nus\, n. [L., a dolphin, fr. Gr. delfi`s,
delfi`n.]
1. (Zool.) A genus of Cetacea, including the dolphin. See
Dolphin, 1.
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2. (Astron.) The Dolphin, a constellation near the equator
and east of Aquila.
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Delphinus delphis
(gcide) | dolphin \dol"phin\ (d[o^]l"f[i^]n), n. [F. dauphin dolphin,
dauphin, earlier spelt also doffin; cf. OF. dalphinal of the
dauphin; fr. L. delphinus, Gr. delfi`s a dolphin (in senses
1, 2, 3, & 6), perh. properly, belly fish; cf. delfy`s womb,
Skr. garbha; perh. akin to E. calf. Cf. Dauphin,
Delphine.]
1. (Zool.) A cetacean of the genus Delphinus and allied
genera (esp. Delphinus delphis); the true dolphin.
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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.
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2. (Zool.) The Coryph[ae]na 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 Coryph[ae]noid.
Syn: dolphinfish, mahimahi.
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3. [Gr. delfi`s] (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.
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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. --R. H.
Dana.
(c) A mooring post on a wharf or beach.
(d) A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the
gunwale. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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5. (Gun.) In old ordnance, one of the handles above the
trunnions by which a cannon was lifted.
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6. (Astron.) A small constellation between Aquila and
Pegasus. See Delphinus, n., 2.
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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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Delphinus Tursio
(gcide) | Bottle-nose \Bot"tle-nose`\ Bottle-nosed dolphin \Bot"tle-nosed`
dolphin\, n. (Zool.)
1. A grey cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species,
as Delphinus Tursio and Lagenorhyncus leucopleurus, of
Europe.
Note: Also Tursiops truncatus -- a synonym?
Syn: bottlenose dolphin.
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2. The puffin.
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3. a north Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead.
Syn: bottle-nosed whale, bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon
ampullatus.
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delphinapterus
(wn) | Delphinapterus
n 1: white whale [syn: Delphinapterus, genus Delphinapterus] |
delphinapterus leucas
(wn) | Delphinapterus leucas
n 1: small northern whale that is white when adult [syn: {white
whale}, beluga, Delphinapterus leucas] |
delphinidae
(wn) | Delphinidae
n 1: dolphins [syn: Delphinidae, family Delphinidae] |
delphinium
(wn) | delphinium
n 1: any plant of the genus Delphinium having palmately divided
leaves and showy spikes of variously colored spurred
flowers; some contain extremely poisonous substances |
delphinium ajacis
(wn) | Delphinium ajacis
n 1: commonly cultivated larkspur of southern Europe having
unbranched spikelike racemes of blue or sometimes purplish
or pinkish flowers; sometime placed in genus Delphinium
[syn: rocket larkspur, Consolida ambigua, {Delphinium
ajacis}] |
delphinus
(wn) | Delphinus
n 1: a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Pegasus and
Aquila
2: type genus of the Delphinidae [syn: Delphinus, {genus
Delphinus}] |
delphinus delphis
(wn) | Delphinus delphis
n 1: black-and-white dolphin that leaps high out of the water;
[syn: common dolphin, Delphinus delphis] |
family delphinidae
(wn) | family Delphinidae
n 1: dolphins [syn: Delphinidae, family Delphinidae] |
genus delphinapterus
(wn) | genus Delphinapterus
n 1: white whale [syn: Delphinapterus, genus Delphinapterus] |
genus delphinium
(wn) | genus Delphinium
n 1: large genus of chiefly perennial erect branching herbs of
north temperate regions some poisonous |
genus delphinus
(wn) | genus Delphinus
n 1: type genus of the Delphinidae [syn: Delphinus, {genus
Delphinus}] |
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