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

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

Spanish

Proper noun

Delphinus ?

1. (astronomy) Delphinus (constellation)