Delphinus

See also: delphinus

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin delphīnus (“dolphin”)

Proper noun

Delphinus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Delphinidae – the common dolphins.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Cetacea - order; Neoceti - clade; Odontoceti - suborder; Delphinidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Delphinus capensis, Delphinus delphis, Delphinus rhinoceros, Delphinus tropicalis - species

References

Delphinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Common Dolphin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Delphinus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

From Latin delphīnus, from Ancient Greek δελφίν (delphín), a later form of the previous δελφίς (delphís, “a dolphin”).

Proper noun

Delphinus

(astronomy) A small summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dolphin. It lies between the constellations Cygnus and Aquila.

Synonyms

Dolphin

Derived terms

Delphini

Translations

constellation

Finnish: Delfiini (fi)
French: Dauphin (fr) m
Galician: Delfín (gl)
German: Delfin (de) m, Delphin (de) m
Greek: Δελφίν (el) m (Delfín)
Ancient: Δελφίς m (Delphís)
Irish: an Deilf f

Japanese: 海豚座 (ja) (いるかざ, Irukaza)
Malay: Ikan Lumba-Lumba
Norwegian: Delfinen (no)
Polish: Delfin (pl) m
Romanian: Delfin (ro)
Russian: Дельфин (Delʹfin)
Spanish: Delphinus

Spanish

Proper noun

Delphinus ?

(astronomy) Delphinus (constellation)

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