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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

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

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.