Definition of Delphenus
||Del*phi"nus (?), n. [L., a dolphin,
fr. Gr. delfi`s, delfi`n.] 1.
(Zoöl.) A genus of Cetacea, including the dolphin.
See Dolphin, 1.
2. (Astron.) The Dolphin, a
constellation near the equator and east of Aquila.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Latin
- dolphin; an aquatic mammal of the family Delphinidae or Platanistoidae
- the constellation Delphinus
Delphinus- (constellation): A constellation of stars supposedly shaped like a dolphin.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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