Delphinus

Delphinus

See also: delphinus

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin delphīnus (“dolphin”), from Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís, “dolphin”).

Proper noun

Delphinus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Delphinidae – 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 delphis (short-beaked common dolphin) - type species; Delphinus capensis (long-beaked common dolphin), Delphinus ponticus (Black Sea common dolphin), Delphinus tropicalis (Indo-Pacific common dolphin) - other species

References

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

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English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Delphinus

1. (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

Chinese: Cantonese: 海豚座 (hoi2 tyun4 zo6) Mandarin: 海豚座 (zh) (Hǎitúnzuò) 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) Kazakh: Дельфин (Delfin) Malay: Ikan Lumba-Lumba Norwegian: Delfinen (no) Polish: Delfin (pl) m Romanian: Delfin (ro) Russian: Дельфин (Delʹfin) Spanish: Delphinus

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Spanish

Proper noun

Delphinus ?

1. (astronomy) Delphinus (constellation)