dolphin
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- noun
- /ˈdɑlfɪn/
:
delfín
- Swim with dolphins.
- bottlenose dolphin
- dolphin whistle
- porpoises and dolphins
Dreams of dialogues with dolphins danced in my Dome.
- Dreams of dialogues with dolphins danced in my Dome.
- They don't chase it the way that dolphins do or ichthyosaurs did.
- They're dolphins that will kill other dolphins and they'll mess with them.
- Human beings, dogs smell, but bats and dolphins, echolocation is their primary sense.
- If all fails, we went on a dolphin sightseeing boat ride.
- We saw some dolphins heading back.
- And it turned out these dolphins had like escaped from Ocean Reef Club.
- Everybody who was and and those dolphins came from Taiji.
Examples
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Jerome picked up a soapstone sculpture of a dolphin and held it in his open hand.
Fiction book (1994) -
And then I dove into the ocean and I swam with the dolphins.
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And then he identified a dolphin in the Keys.
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We saw some dolphins heading back.
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Nursing sometimes continues long after young dolphins have made the switch to fish.
Academic text (1992) -
All right, so we have a giant pod of dolphins coming in right now.
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The trainer now sets the ball on the dolphin's tail and Snowflake "kicks" a perfect field goal.
Fiction book (1994) -
Occasionally, dolphins would play beside the ship, jumping and daring my camera to catch them airborne.
Academic text (2008) -
PHOTO: Ever curious, bottlenose dolphin calves frequently peek above the water's surface.
Academic text (1992) -
While vacationing in Florida, we took a boat tour to see the playful dolphins swimming near the shore.
Synonyms
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An animal that keeps its body warm, has hair, and whose mothers feed their young with milk
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2.2
An animal that lives in the sea, like a fish or whale
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4.2
A dolphin with a rounded forehead and long beak that lives in the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean
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7.9
A large animal that lives in the sea, like a whale or dolphin
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2.7
A common sea mammal that lives in the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean and has a rounded forehead and long nose
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A whale that has teeth and eats fish or squid, like dolphins and porpoises
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An animal that breathes air and lives in water, like a whale or seal
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3.5
A large intelligent sea animal with a rounded forehead and a long beak
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4.8
A dolphin with a long snout that lives in fresh water rivers like the Amazon
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7.2
A sea mammal species like whales, dolphins and porpoises
A large smart grey dolphin with a short rounded nose that lives near coasts
A kind of bottlenose dolphin that lives in the Pacific Ocean
A kind of dolphin with a rounded nose that lives in the Pacific Ocean
A small black-and-white sea animal that swims fast and often jumps from the water
A group of small sea animals that swim and breathe air like the common dolphin
A group of mammals that live in water like whales, dolphins, and porpoises
A group of mammals that live in the sea like whales, dolphins and porpoises
Idioms
Compounds
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2.7
A common sea mammal that lives in the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean and has a rounded forehead and long nose
A small black-and-white sea animal that swims fast and often jumps from the water
- Informal
A person who cares a lot about protecting dolphins and other sea animals
- Specialized
A swimming move used underwater in which both legs move up and down together in a smooth wave
- Archaic
Oil made from dolphins that people used long ago to make small machines work well
- Specialized
A short pole under the bowsprit of a sailboat that holds a rope to keep the front rigging tight
A common sea mammal with a long nose living in the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean, often in aquariums
- Specialized
A kind of dolphin with a rounded nose that lives in the Pacific Ocean
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dolphin comes from an old Greek word delphís, which may be linked to delphys meaning 'womb'. So the ancient name points to the animal's smooth, rounded body and helps explain why we use dolphin for this intelligent sea mammal.