Delphian | a. Delphic. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Delphic | a. [ L. Delphicus, fr. Gr. |
Delphin | n. [ L. delphinus a dolphin. ] (Chem.) A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also |
Delphine | |
Delphine | a. [ L. delphinus a dolphin, Gr. |
Delphinic | a. [ See Delphin, n. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the dolphin; phocenic. [ 1913 Webster ]
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Delphinic | a. [ From NL. Delphinium, the name of the genus. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically, relating to the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria). [ 1913 Webster ] |
Delphinine | n. [ Cf. F. delphinine. ] (Chem.) A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria), as a colorless amorphous powder. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Delphinoid | a. [ L. delphinus a dolphin + -oid. ] (Zool.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the dolphin. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Delphinoidea | ‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms. [ 1913 Webster ] |
delphi | (n) an ancient Greek city on the slopes of Mount Parnassus; site of the oracle of Delphi |
delphic | (adj) of or relating to Delphi or to the oracles of Apollo at Delphi, Syn. Delphian |
delphic | (adj) obscurely prophetic, Syn. oracular |
delphinapterus | (n) white whale, Syn. genus Delphinapterus |
delphinidae | (n) dolphins, Syn. family Delphinidae |
delphinium | (n) any plant of the genus Delphinium having palmately divided leaves and showy spikes of variously colored spurred flowers; some contain extremely poisonous substances |
delphinus | (n) a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Pegasus and Aquila |
delphinus | (n) type genus of the Delphinidae, Syn. genus Delphinus |
Delphian | a. Delphic. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Delphic | a. [ L. Delphicus, fr. Gr. |
Delphin | n. [ L. delphinus a dolphin. ] (Chem.) A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also |
Delphine | |
Delphine | a. [ L. delphinus a dolphin, Gr. |
Delphinic | a. [ See Delphin, n. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the dolphin; phocenic. [ 1913 Webster ]
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Delphinic | a. [ From NL. Delphinium, the name of the genus. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically, relating to the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria). [ 1913 Webster ] |
Delphinine | n. [ Cf. F. delphinine. ] (Chem.) A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria), as a colorless amorphous powder. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Delphinoid | a. [ L. delphinus a dolphin + -oid. ] (Zool.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the dolphin. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Delphinoidea | ‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms. [ 1913 Webster ] |