Synonyms for dolphin
ˈdɒl fɪn, ˈdɔl-dol·phin

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1. dolphinfish, dolphin, mahimahinoun

   large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)

   Synonyms:
   dolphinfish, mahimahi

2. dolphinnoun

   any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises

   Synonyms:
   dolphinfish, mahimahi

Matched Categories

1. • Percoid Fish
   • Toothed Whale

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1. List of paraphrases for "dolphin":

   dauphin, dolphins, delphin

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1. List of known nicknames for "Dolphin":

   Andrey Vyacheslavovich Lysikov, Дельфин, Delfin, Äåëüôèí, Del'fin

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1. Alexis karpouzos:

   Treasures come in so many ways: The sun that lights the cloudy days, a rose that blooms within an hour. a baby that staring with a wandering gaze, a dolphin’s dance on ocean waves, a sky full of snowflakes of rarest form, a beautiful white and peaceful dove.

2. Emily Pettersson:

   [The dolphin’s] fin was mangled, you could see it was falling off and it had a bite mark on the side of the body as well.

3. Haj Thamir Ahmed:

   I heard a blast and saw fire coming from Dolphin Square. I ran to the place and saw vehicles carrying bodies and wounded covered with blood. They were innocent people playing a ring game; they were not making bombs.

4. Chrissie Frickman:

   I knew right away he was going to land in the boat, because of the way he was facing -- knocked me backwards and then landed kind of on my feet and ankles, it was pretty much chaos at that point -- my wife had fallen down, she was screaming, the dolphin was making screaming noises, my daughter was totally freaking out and screaming.

5. Geoff Morrell:

   The data we have seen thus far, including the new study from NOAA, do not show that oil from the Deepwater Horizon accident caused an increase in dolphin mortality.