delfiini — meaning in English

English meaning

• dolphin noun A highly intelligent, social marine mammal with a beak-like snout, known for its playfulness.
• porpoise noun A small whale-like marine mammal related to dolphins, with a blunt snout.

Senses

delfiini is used for these senses in English:

• Delphinus (constellation) A small summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dolphin. It lies between the constellations Cygnus and Aquila.
• dolphin A carnivorous aquatic mammal in one of several families of the infraorder Cetacea, famed for its intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans.
• porpoise (North America, imprecisely) Any small dolphin.

dolphin — full definition

1. noun A highly intelligent, social marine mammal with a beak-like snout, known for its playfulness.
2. noun A large, brightly coloured game fish also known as mahi-mahi or dorado (unrelated to the mammal).

porpoise — full definition

1. noun A small whale-like marine mammal related to dolphins, with a blunt snout.
2. verb To repeatedly leap out of the water and dive back in while swimming, in the manner of a porpoise.

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