Delphinus
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See also: delphinus
Etymology
From Latin delphīnus (“dolphin”), from Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís, “dolphin”).
Proper noun
Delphinus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Delphinidae – common dolphins.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Artiodactyla – order; Cetacea - infraorder; Neoceti - clade; Odontoceti - parvorder; Delphinidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Delphinus delphis (short-beaked common dolphin) - type species; Delphinus capensis (long-beaked common dolphin), Delphinus ponticus (Black Sea common dolphin), Delphinus tropicalis (Indo-Pacific common dolphin) - other species
References
Delphinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Common Dolphin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Delphinus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Etymology
From Latin delphīnus, from Ancient Greek δελφίν (delphín), a later form of the previous δελφίς (delphís, “a dolphin”). Doublet of dolphin.
Proper noun
Delphinus
- (astronomy) A small summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dolphin. It lies between the constellations Cygnus and Aquila.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
constellation
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Proper noun
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