dolphin
dolphin is a 7-letter English word with 11 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A cetacean of the genus Delphinus and allied genera (esp. D. delphis); the true dolphin. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
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- noun. A cetacean of the genus Delphinus and allied genera (esp. D. delphis); the true dolphin.
- noun. 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.
- noun. A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck of an enemy's vessel.
- noun. A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.
- noun. A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.
- noun. A mooring post on a wharf or beach.
- noun. A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the gunwale.
- noun. In old ordnance, one of the handles above the trunnions by which the gun was lifted.
- noun. A small constellation between Aquila and Pegasus. See Delphinus, n., 2.
- noun. any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises
- noun. large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)
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