Dolphin

Noun

 * 1) A carnivorous aquatic mammal inhabiting mostly in the shallower seas of the continental shelves, famed for its intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans.
 * 2) A fish, the mahi-mahi or dorado, scientific name Coryphaena hippurus, with a dorsal fin that runs the length of the body, also known for iridescent coloration.
 * 3) The dauphin, eldest son of the kings of France.
 * 4) A maritime semi submerged man-made structure usually close to shore.

Thesaurus
Chiroptera, Lagomorpha, Loch Ness monster, Primates, Rodentia, alevin, benthon, benthos, cetacean, fingerling, fish, fry, game fish, grilse, kipper, man-eater, man-eating shark, marine animal, minnow, minny, nekton, panfish, plankton, porpoise, salmon, sea monster, sea pig, sea serpent, sea snake, shark, smolt, sponge, tropical fish, whale

Etymology
From daulphin:, dalphin:, daufin: <  delphinus: <  δελφίς: < δελφύς: "womb".

Translations

 * Arabic: دلفين, درفيل, دخس
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: izurde
 * Bosnian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: dofí
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian: delfin
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: golfiño
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: δελφίν (delfín), δελφίς (delfis)
 * Modern: δελφίνι (delfíni)
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,


 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: delfīns
 * Macedonian: делфин
 * Manx:
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romagnolo: dilfòin
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:, , ,
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: делфин, рлискавица
 * Roman: delfin, pliskavica
 * Sicilian: derfinu
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: pomboo
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: lumba-lumba
 * Turkish:
 * West Frisian:


 * Danish:


 * French:

Derived terms

 * Amazon River dolphin
 * Arabian common dolphin
 * Atlantic humpback dolphin
 * Atlantic spotted dolphin
 * Atlantic white-sided dolphin
 * Australian snubfin dolphin
 * bottlenose dolphin
 * Chilean dolphin
 * Commerson's dolphin
 * common dolphin
 * delphine
 * dolphin hugger
 * dolphinarium
 * dolphin-friendly
 * dusky dolphin
 * flog the dolphin
 * Fraser's dolphin
 * Ganges and Indus River dolphin
 * Heaviside's dolphin
 * Hector's dolphin
 * hourglass dolphin


 * humpback dolphin dolphin
 * Indian humpback dolphin
 * Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin
 * Irrawaddy dolphin
 * La Plata dolphin
 * long-beaked common dolphin
 * northern right whale dolphin
 * Pacific humpback dolphin
 * Pacific white-sided dolphin
 * Peale's dolphin
 * Risso's dolphin
 * rought-toothed dolphin
 * short-beaked common dolphin
 * southern right whale dolphin
 * spinner dolphin
 * striped dolphin
 * white-beaked dolphin
 * wholphin
 * Yangtze river dolphin