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From Delphi.
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Dolphin; Similar to the Thirteenth-century French Saint Delphine
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Italian and Spanish form of Latin Delphina, DELFINA means "woman from Delphi."Â
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One of the muses worshipped at Delphi.
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From Delphi.
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A Thirteenth-century French Saint; Flower; Place Name; Dolphin; From Delphi
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(Δελφίνια) Feminine form of Greek Delphinios, DELPHINIA means "of Delphi" or "of the Dolphins." In mythology, this is the surname of Artemis.Â
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(Δελφινιος) Greek name DELPHINIOS means "of Delphi" or "of the Dolphins." In mythology, this is a title belonging to Apollo.
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From Delphi.
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Dolphin; From Delphine
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French form of Latin Delphina, DELPHINE means "woman from Delphi." Because of its association with the "delphinium," this name is sometimes given as a flower name.
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Dolphin; Similar to the Thirteenth Century French Saint Delphine; From Delphi
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Latin name DELPHINA means "woman from Delphi," a city in Greece whose name probably means "dolphin."Â
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Dolphin. Derived from the Greek name. Famous bearer: a thirteenth-century French saint.
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(Πύθιος) Greek name, possibly derived from the word pythein, PYTHIOS means "to rot." In mythology, this is the name of a serpent killed by Apollo near Delphi. The name then became one of his epithets.
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Scandinavian, German, and Dutch : reduced variant of Adolf.English : variant of Delph.
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A scout of Poseidon.
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From Delphi.
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English : from Middle English delf ‘excavation’, ‘digging’ (Old English (ge)delf), hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a ditch or quarry, a metonymic occupational name for a ditch-cutter or quarryman, or alternatively a habitational name from any of various places named with this word, as for example Delf in Kent and Delph in Lancashire (now Greater Manchester) and Yorkshire.
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The Dolphin, a constellation near the equator and east of Aquila.
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See Delphin.
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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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The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms.
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Of or pertaining to Delphi, to the temple of Apollo, or to the priestess of Apollo, who delivered oracles at Delphi.
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A true dolphin (Delphinus); -- often so called by sailors.
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Alt. of Delphine
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A genus of Cetacea, including the dolphin. See Dolphin, 1.
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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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A cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, as Delphinus Tursio and Lagenorhyncus leucopleurus, of Europe.
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A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus Grampus, esp. G. griseus of Europe and America, which is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to twenty feet long; its color is gray with white streaks. Called also cowfish. The California grampus is G. Stearnsii.
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An ancient stringed instrument; -- so called because, in form, it resembled the Delphic tripod.
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A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria), as a colorless amorphous powder.
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Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically, relating to the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria).
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Of or relating to Delphi, or to the famous oracle of that place.
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Delphic.
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The art of predicting events after the manner of the priestess of Apollo at Delphi; equivocal prophesying.
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Of or pertaining to dolphin oil or porpoise oil; -- said of an acid (called also delphinic acid) subsequently found to be identical with valeric acid.
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The priestess who gave oracular answers at Delphi in Greece.
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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 D. Consolida. The flower of the bee larkspur (D. elatum) has two petals bearded with yellow hairs, and looks not unlike a bee.