noun
dolphins
• Syn: ↑family Delphinidae
• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Odontoceti, ↑suborder Odontoceti
• Member Meronyms:
↑dolphin, ↑Delphinus, ↑genus Delphinus, ↑Tursiops, ↑genus Tursiops, ↑Phocoena, ↑genus Phocoena, ↑genus Grampus, ↑Orcinus, ↑genus Orcinus, ↑Globicephala, ↑genus Globicephala
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Delphinidae /del-finˈi-dē/
plural noun
A family of cetaceans, incl dolphins, grampuses, etc
ORIGIN: L delphīnus, from Gr delphīs, -īnos a dolphin
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delˈphinoid adjective
Useful english dictionary. 2012.