Crossword-Solution: DOLPHIN
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Dolphin | n. | A cetacean of the genus Delphinus and allied genera (esp. D. delphis); the true dolphin. |
| Dolphin | n. | 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. See Coryphaenoid. |
| Dolphin | n. | A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck of an enemy's vessel. |
| Dolphin | n. | A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage. |
| Dolphin | n. | A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables. |
| Dolphin | n. | A mooring post on a wharf or beach. |
| Dolphin | n. | A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the gunwale. |
| Dolphin | n. | In old ordnance, one of the handles above the trunnions by which the gun was lifted. |
| Dolphin | n. | A small constellation between Aquila and Pegasus. See Delphinus, n., 2. |
Anagrams
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| DOLPHIN | anagram | PINHOLD |
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Sentences with DOLPHIN (5)
The Lion and the Dolphin A LION roaming by the seashore saw a Dolphin lift up its head out of the waves, and suggested that they contract an alliance, saying that of all the animals they ought to be the best friends, since the one was the king of beasts on the earth, and the other was the sovereign ruler of all the inhabitants of the ocean.
And must not we swim and try to reach the shore: we will hope that Arion's dolphin or some other miraculous help may save us? I suppose so, he said.
After the punishment of Telphusa for her deceit in giving him no warning of the dragoness at Pytho, Apollo, in the form of a dolphin, brings certain Cretan shipmen to Delphi to be his priests; and the hymn ends with a charge to these men to behave orderly and righteously.
DEAR FAMILY: I left Key West on the morning of the 24th in the Dolphin with the idea of trying to get on board the flagship on the strength of Roosevelt's letter.
And then, in the blink of an eye, A scream caught in with the breath, a whirling packet of limbs, A lump that dived in the gulph, more swift than a dolphin swims; And there was the lump at his feet, and eyes were alive in the lump.
Quotes with DOLPHIN (3)
Eight full lives,” I whispered against his jaw, my voice breaking. “Eight full lives and I never found anyone I would stay on a planet for, anyone I would follow when they left. I never found a partner. Why now? Why you? You're not of my species. How can you be my partner?”“It's a strange universe,” he murmured.“It's not fair,” I complained, echoing Sunny's words. It wasn't fair. How could I find this, find love — now, in this eleventh hour — and have to leave it? Was it fair…
My wife with the hair of a wood fire With the thoughts of heat lightning With the waist of an hourglass With the waist of an otter in the teeth of a tiger My wife with the lips of a cockade and of a bunch of stars of the last magnitude With the teeth of tracks of white mice on the white earth With the tongue of rubbed amber and glass My wife with the tongue of a stabbed host With the tongue of a doll that opens and closes its eyes With the tongue of an unbelievable stone My w…
In every remote corner of the world there are people like Carl Jones and Don Merton who have devoted their lives to saving threatened species. Very often, their determination is all that stands between an endangered species and extinction. But why do they bother? Does it really matter if the Yangtze river dolphin, or the kakapo, or the northern white rhino, or any other species live on only in scientists' notebooks? Well, yes, it does. Every animal and plant is an integral pa…
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Appears in: LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP.
Used 21 times in crossword archives (1951–2022).