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Webster 1913 Edition


Delphinus

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Del-phi′nus

,
Noun.
[L., a dolphin, fr. Gr.
δελφίς
,
δελφίν
.]
1.
(Zool.)
A genus of Cetacea, including the dolphin. See
Dolphin
, 1.
2.
(Astron.)
The Dolphin, a constellation near the equator and east of Aquila.
2.
A tract of land shaped like the letter delta (Δ), especially when the land is alluvial and inclosed between two or more mouths of a river;
as, the
delta
of the Ganges, of the Nile, or of the Mississippi
.