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A cetacean of the genus Delphinus and allied genera (esp. D. delphis); the true dolphin.

A female dolphin. [R.] Spenser.

Pertaining to, or designating, a set of astronomical tables computed by Kepler, and founded on the observations of Tycho Brahe; - - so named from Rudolph II., emperor of Germany.

Venice, for the most part in the 16th century and known by the sign of the anchor and the dolphin. The term has also been applied to certain elegant editions of English works.

A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle. Aquila alba Etym: [L., white eagle], an alchemical name of calomel. Brande & C.

A cetacean allied to the dolphins.

A cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, as Delphinus Tursio and Lagenorhyncus leucopleurus, of Europe.

ich they receive the small animals upon which they feed. (b) The Denticete, including the dolphins and sperm whale, which have teeth. Another suborder (Zeuglodontia) is extinct. The Sirenia were formerly included in the Cetacea, but are now made a separate order.

Belonging to, or like, the genus Coryphæna. See Dolphin.

A fish of the genus Coryphæna. See Dolphin. (2)

A California dolphin (Tursiops Gillii).

A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also phocenin.

Pertaining to the dolphin, a genus of fishes.

Pertaining to, or derived from, the dolphin; phocenic. Delphinic acid. (Chem.) See Valeric acid, under Valeric. [Obs.]

Pertaining to, or resembling, the dolphin.

The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms.

A genus of Cetacea, including the dolphin. See Dolphin,

The division of Cetacea in which the teeth are developed, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.

One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit; -- called also gobrope and gaubline.

A fabulous monster, with the head and fore quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or other fish (Hippocampus brevirostris), -- seen in Pompeian paintings, attached to the chariot of Neptune. Fairholt.