- Cetacean
- Marine mammal
- Porpoise relation
- A cetacean of the genus Delphinus and allied genera (esp.
D. delphis); the true dolphin.
- 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.
- A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness
to be dropped on the deck of an enemy's vessel.
- A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.
- Cetacean creature
- Fun occasion, a ... of a time
- Hear wail of ocean giant
- Huge mammal
- Huge sea creature makes ends of wharves unstable
- Huge sea mammal
- Large animal
- Dolphin-like cetacean
- Type of dolphin
- Any small cetacean of the genus Phocaena, especially P.
communis, or P. phocaena, of Europe, and the closely allied American
species (P. Americana). The color is dusky or blackish above, paler
beneath. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter
snout. Called also harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and
snuffer.
- A true dolphin (Delphinus); -- often so called by
sailors.