dolphin
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈdɑlfɪn/
- US
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- They're fed goat stew, fried dolphin, and salt-cod pancakes that the cook calls "stamp-and-go."
- dolphin and tuna
- dolphin and mackerel
- dolphin and snapper
Examples
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Hundreds of pounds of dolphin meat that could be fed to cats, freeing up that tuna for our nation's hungry.
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We would catch one rainbow-colored dolphin after another, the fish iridescent, shimmering in the light.
Fiction book (2000) -
Have you ever tasted dolphin?
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Species with the highest overall effort were (in descending order): grouper, snapper, king mackerel, dolphin, amberjack, and spotted seatrout.
Academic text (1992) -
Species targeted by most Florida operators included grouper, king mackerel, snapper, amberjack, dolphin, bonito, Sarda sarda, and shark.
Academic text (1992) -
Coastal migratory pelagic fish include king mackerel, Spanish mackerel, cero, little tunny, cobia, dolphin, and, in the Gulf of Mexico only, bluefish.
Academic text (1990) -
The fisherman reeled in a large, bright dolphin, ready for the grill.
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In Hawaii, you can often find delicious dolphin served at local restaurants.
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During our fishing trip, we caught a colorful dolphin that made a great meal.
Synonyms
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6.4
A large bright fish that lives in warm seas and is called dolphinfish
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A large, slim sea fish often cooked and eaten in Hawaii
A large, brightly colored fish found in warm seas, often called mahi-mahi and eaten as food
A large slender sea fish with bright colors often found near Hawaii and caught for sport and food
A large, fast fish with bright colors that lives in warm seas and is often called mahi-mahi or dolphinfish
An ocean fish with a long body and bright colours that lives in warm waters
Idioms
Compounds
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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
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dolphin is also used for a fish because sailors once called the fast, bright fish a 'dolphinfish' when its shape and quick movement reminded them of the mammal. So the same name stuck and today dolphin can mean either the sea mammal or the fish, which is also called 'mahi-mahi'.