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Valerin :: Valerin (n.) A salt of valeric acid with glycerin, occurring in butter, dolphin oil., and forming an forming an oily liquid with a slightly unpleasant odor..

Rudolphine :: Rudolphine (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a set of astronomical tables computed by Kepler, and founded on the observations of Tycho Brahe; -- so named from Rudolph II., emperor of Germany..

Delphinoidea :: Delphinoidea (n. pl.) The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms..

Porpoise :: Porpoise (n.) A true dolphin (Delphinus); -- often so called by sailors.

Delphin :: Delphin (n.) A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also phocenin.

Porpoise :: Porpoise (n.) Any small cetacean of the genus Phocaena, especially P. communis, or P. phocaena, of Europe, and the closely allied American species (P. Americana). The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and snuffer..

Odontocete :: Odontocete (n.pl.) A subdivision of Cetacea, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.; the toothed whales..

Delphine :: Delphine (a.) Pertaining to the dolphin, a genus of fishes..

Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the gunwale.

Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.

Dolphinet :: Dolphinet (n.) A female dolphin.

Inia :: Inia (n.) A South American freshwater dolphin (Inia Boliviensis). It is ten or twelve feet long, and has a hairy snout..

Beluga :: Beluga (n.) A cetacean allied to the dolphins.

Delphinus :: Delphinus (n.) A genus of Cetacea, including the dolphin. See Dolphin, 1..

Martingal :: Martingal (n.) A lower stay of rope or chain for the jib boom or flying jib boom, fastened to, or reeved through, the dolphin striker. Also, the dolphin striker itself..

Delphinic :: Delphinic (n.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the dolphin; phocenic..

Phocenic :: Phocenic (a.) Of or pertaining to dolphin oil or porpoise oil; -- said of an acid (called also delphinic acid) subsequently found to be identical with valeric acid.

Gobline :: Gobline (n.) One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit; -- called also gobrope and gaubline.

Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) The Coryphaena hippuris, a fish of about five feet in length, celebrated for its surprising changes of color when dying. It is the fish commonly known as the dolphin. See Coryphaenoid..

Aldine :: Aldine (a.) An epithet applied to editions (chiefly of the classics) which proceeded from the press of Aldus Manitius, and his family, of Venice, for the most part in the 16th century and known by the sign of the anchor and the dolphin. The term has also been applied to certain elegant editions of English works..

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