Meaning Of The Word Dolphin

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dolphin
countable noun: A dolphin is a mammal which lives in the sea and looks like a large fish with a pointed mouth.

dolphin in American English
any of two widespread families (Platanistidae and Delphinidae) of toothed whales having high levels of intelligence and usually a beaklike snout
noun: any of several chiefly marine, cetacean mammals of the family Delphinidae, having a fishlike body, numerous teeth, and the front of the head elongated into a beaklike projection

dolphin in British English
noun: any of various marine cetacean mammals of the family Delphinidae, esp Delphinus delphis, that are typically smaller than whales and larger than porpoises and have a beaklike snout

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