dolphinet
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
dolphinet (plural dolphinets)
- (dated) A female dolphin.
- Synonym: cow
- 1595, Ed. Spencer [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “Colin Clouts Come Home Againe”, in Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, London: […] T[homas] C[reede] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- The lyon chose his mate, the turtle dove / Her deare, the dolphin his owne dolphinet
References edit
- “dolphinet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.