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Meaning of DELPHIN

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Del"phin\, Delphine \Del"phine\, a. [See {Dauphin}.]
    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).
    
    
  2. \Del"phin\, n. [L. delphinus a dolphin.] (Chem.)
    A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the
    porpoise; -- called also {phocenin}.
    
    
 

 

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