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dolphin

/ˈdɑlf.ɪn/noun2 syllables

Dolphin means: large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii).

Synonyms for dolphin5

noun, as in large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)

dolphinfish, mahimahi

also used for dolphin

mereswine, sea goose, sea pig

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What does dolphin mean?2

noun

1

large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)

2

any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Dolphin in a sentence

  • In the morning, we found a stranded dolphin.Hybrid
  • Dolphins, not elephants, may have the best memories of any non-human species.Hybrid
  • Cats, dogs, monkeys, bats, whales, dolphins, and humans are all mammals.CK
  • Dolphins and whales are not fish, but rather marine mammals.grinleysspa
  • Like dolphins or hominids, elephants also have a consciousness of self.Objectivesea
  • Whales, dolphins and porpoises are divided into two groups: toothed and baleen.Hybrid
  • I would like to carve a wooden dolphin.CM
  • The dolphin was sweeping its head from side to side.Amastan

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Forms of dolphin

as a noun

plural
dolphins