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DOLPH
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French, German, Greek
Dolphin
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English and Irish
English and Irish : variant of Duffin. The surname was taken to Ireland at the time of the Anglo-Norman invasion in the 12th century, and the original bearers of the name settled in County Galway.
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American, Australian, French, Greek, Latin, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish
Dolphin; Similar to the Thirteenth-century French Saint Delphine
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French American Greek
Dolphin. Derived from the Greek name. Famous bearer: a thirteenth-century French saint.
Male
Greek
(Δελφινιος) Greek name DELPHINIOS means "of Delphi" or "of the Dolphins." In mythology, this is a title belonging to Apollo.
Female
Greek
(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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Australian, Christian, German, Swedish, Teutonic
Wolf-shield; Noble Wolf; Famous Wolf; Wolf Fame; Form of Randolph
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German American
Abbreviation of Adolphus noble wolf.
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American, Australian, Christian, German, Greek, Latin, Spanish
Dolphin; Similar to the Thirteenth Century French Saint Delphine; From Delphi
Surname or Lastname
Scandinavian, German, and Dutch
Scandinavian, German, and Dutch : reduced variant of Adolf.English : variant of Delph.
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American, Australian, British, Christian, Danish, English, French, German, Greek
A Thirteenth-century French Saint; Flower; Place Name; Dolphin; From Delphi
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English
Latin name DELPHINA means "woman from Delphi," a city in Greece whose name probably means "dolphin."Â
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Swedish American Teutonic
Noble wolf.
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German
Noble; Wolf; Abbreviation of Adolphus
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Australian, Christian, French, German, Greek, Latin
Dolphin; From Delphine
Male
English
Short form of English Adolph, DOLPH means "noble wolf."
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Hindu, Indian
Dolphin
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n.
Any small cetacean of the genus Phocaena, especially P. communis, or P. phocaena, 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.
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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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The Dolphin, a constellation near the equator and east of Aquila.
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A true dolphin (Delphinus); -- often so called by sailors.
n.pl.
A subdivision of Cetacea, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.; the toothed whales.
a.
Twisted; bent; -- said of a dolphin haurient, which forms a figure like the letter S.
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A South American freshwater dolphin (Inia Boliviensis). It is ten or twelve feet long, and has a hairy snout.
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A female dolphin.
n. pl.
The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms.
a.
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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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.
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A genus of Cetacea, including the dolphin. See Dolphin, 1.
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Pertaining to, or resembling, the dolphin.
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A cetacean of the genus Delphinus and allied genera (esp. D. delphis); the true dolphin.
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A salt of valeric acid with glycerin, occurring in butter, dolphin oil., and forming an forming an oily liquid with a slightly unpleasant odor.
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A kind of dolphin (Platanista Gangeticus) native of the river Ganges; the Gangetic dolphin. It has a long, slender, somewhat spatulate beak.
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One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit; -- called also gobrope and gaubline.
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A lower stay of rope or chain for the jib boom or flying jib boom, fastened to, or reeved through, the dolphin striker. Also, the dolphin striker itself.
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The Coryphaena 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. See Coryphaenoid.