dolpin

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English dolphin, from Middle English dolfin, from Old French daulphin, dalphin, daufin, from Latin delphīnus, from Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís), from δελφύς (delphús, “womb”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: dol‧pin

Noun

dolpin

1. a dolphin; a carnivorous aquatic mammal inhabiting mostly in the shallower seas of the continental shelves, famed for its intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans