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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Astron.) The Dolphin, a constellation near the equator
        and east of Aquila.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  Delphinus
       n 1: a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Pegasus and
            Aquila
       2: type genus of the Delphinidae [syn: genus Delphinus]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  delphinus
     Λατινικά n.
     το δελφίνι

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Delphinus
     Ισπανικά n.
     Δελφίν  (''αστερισμός'')
     Κορσικανικά n.
     Δελφίν  (''αστερισμός'')
     Πορτογαλικά n.
     Δελφίν  (''αστερισμός'')

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  delphinus
     Latin n.
     1 A dolphin; an aquatic mammal of the family Delphinidae or
  Platanistidae
     2 The constellation Delphinus
     3 A kind of decorative furniture, possibly decorated with dolphins
     4 (lb la Medieval Latin) dauphin (eldest son)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Delphinus
     Spanish n.
     (lb es constellation) (l en Delphinus) (gloss: constellation)
     Translingual n.
     (taxon genus family Delphinidae common dolphins)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Delphinus
     n.
     (lb en constellation) A small summer constellation of the northern
  sky, said to resemble a dolphin. It lies between the constellations
  Cygnus and Aquila.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  delphinus
     Latin n.
     1 A dolphin; an aquatic mammal of the family Delphinidae or
  Platanistidae
     2 The constellation Delphinus
     3 A kind of decorative furniture, possibly decorated with dolphins
     4 (lb la Medieval Latin) dauphin (eldest son)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Delphinus
     Spanish n.
     (lb es constellation) (l en Delphinus) (gloss: constellation)
     Translingual n.
     (taxon genus family Delphinidae common dolphins)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  delphinus
     Latin n.
     1 A dolphin; an aquatic mammal of the family Delphinidae or
  Platanistidae
     2 The constellation Delphinus
     3 A kind of decorative furniture, possibly decorated with dolphins
     4 (lb la Medieval Latin) dauphin (eldest son)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Delphinus
     Spanish n.
     (lb es constellation) (l en Delphinus) (gloss: constellation)
     Translingual n.
     (taxon genus family Delphinidae common dolphins)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Delphinus
     Latin n.
     (tagg astronomi kat=stjärnbilder språk=la) Delfinen

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Delphinus /dˈɛlfɪnəs/
  الدلفين

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  Delphinus /dˈɛlfɪnəs/
  Delfin  [astron.]
           Note: Sternbild
     Synonym: Dolphin
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  Delphinus /dˈɛlfɪnəs/ 
  Delfiini
  constellation

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  Delphinus /dˈɛlfɪnəs/ 
  海豚座
  constellation

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  Delphinus /dˈɛlfɪnəs/ 
  Delfinen
  constellation

From Lateinisch-Deutsch FreeDict-Wörterbuch ver. 1.0.3 :   [ freedict:lat-deu ]

  delphinus (delphini ) 
  Delphin

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

  Delphinus
     海豚属

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