Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DELPHINE

a. 1. Pertaining to the dolphin, a genus of fishes.
2. Pertaining to the dauphin of France; as the delphine edition of the classics.

 

DELPHINITE

n.A mineral called also pistacite and epidote.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DELPHIN; DELPHINE

Del "phin, Del "phine, a. Etym: [See Dauphin. ]

 

Defn: Pertaining to the dauphin of France; as, the Delphin classics, an edition of the Latin classics, prepared in the reign of Louis XIV., for the use of the dauphin (in usum Delphini ).

 

DELPHIN

Del "phin, n. Etym: [L. delphinus a dolphin. ] (Chem. )

 

Defn: A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also phocenin.

 

DELPHINE

Del "phine, a. Etym: [L. delphinus a dolphin, Gr.

 

Defn: Pertaining to the dolphin, a genus of fishes.

 

DELPHINIC

Del *phin "ic, a. Etym: [See Delphin, n.] (Chem. )

 

Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, the dolphin; phocenic. Delphinic acid. (Chem. ) See Valeric acid, under Valeric. [Obs. ]

 

DELPHINIC

Del *phin "ic, a. Etym: [From NL. Delphinium, the name of the genus. ](Chem. )

 

Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically, relating to the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria ).

 

DELPHININE

Del "phi *nine (; 1 4 ), n. Etym: [Cf. F. delphinine. ] (Chem. )

 

Defn: A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria ), as a colorless amorphous powder.

 

DELPHINOID

Del "phi *noid, a. Etym: [L. delphinus a dolphin + -oid.] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, the dolphin.

 

DELPHINOIDEA

Del `phi *noi "de *a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms.

 

DELPHINUS

Del *phi "nus, n. Etym: [L., a dolphin, fr. Gr.

 

1. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A genus of Cetacea, including the dolphin. See Dolphin,

 

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2. (Astron.)

 

Defn: The Dolphin, a constellation near the equator and east of Aquila.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

delphinium

del phin i um |delˈfinēəm dɛlˈfɪniəm | ▶noun ( pl. delphiniums ) a popular garden plant of the buttercup family that bears tall spikes of blue flowers. [Genus Delphinium, family Ranunculaceae. ] ORIGIN modern Latin, from Greek delphinion ‘larkspur, ’ from delphin ‘dolphin ’ (because of the shape of the spur, thought to resemble a dolphin's back ).

 

Delphinus

Del phi nus |delˈfīnəs dɛlˈfaɪnəs |Astronomy a small constellation (the Dolphin ), just north of the celestial equator near Cygnus. • (as genitive Delphini |delˈfīnē |) used with a preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in this constellation: the star Alpha Delphini. ORIGIN Latin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

delphinium

delphinium |dɛlˈfɪnɪəm | ▶noun ( pl. delphiniums ) a popular garden plant of the buttercup family, which bears tall spikes of blue flowers. ●Genus Delphinium, family Ranunculaceae. ORIGIN modern Latin, from Greek delphinion ‘larkspur ’, from delphin ‘dolphin ’ (because of the shape of the spur, thought to resemble a dolphin's back ).

 

Delphinus

Delphinus |dɛlˈfʌɪnəs |Astronomy a small constellation (the Dolphin ), just north of the celestial equator near Cygnus. • (as genitive Delphini |dɛlˈfʌɪni |) used with preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in this constellation: the star Alpha Delphini. ORIGIN Latin.

 

French Dictionary

delphinium

delphinium n. m. nom masculin Plante herbacée ornementale. : De beaux delphiniums très bleus. SYNONYME pied-d ’alouette . Prononciation La dernière syllabe se prononce niomme, [dɛlfinjɔm ]

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

delphinium

del phin i um /delfɪ́niəm /名詞 複 ～s, -ia /-iə /C 〘植 〙デルフィニウム, ヒエンソウ (larkspur )の類 .