Akademik

Delphinidae
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.