dolphin

• large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)
• any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout
• A cetacean of the genus Delphinus and allied genera (esp. D. delphis)
• 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
• A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck of an enemy´s vessel
• A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage
• A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables
• A mooring post on a wharf or beach
• A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the gunwale
• In old ordnance, one of the handles above the trunnions by which the gun was lifted
• A small constellation between Aquila and Pegasus
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Virginia
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Washington

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