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Delphinus   Listen
noun
Delphinus  n.  
1.
(Zool.) A genus of Cetacea, including the dolphin. See Dolphin, 1.
2.
(Astron.) The Dolphin, a constellation near the equator and east of Aquila.





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"Delphinus" Quotes from Famous Books



... Turning to Delphinus, we find a very beautiful double in gamma, magnitudes four and five, distance 11", p. 273 deg., colors golden and emerald. The leader alpha, which is not as bright as its neighbor beta, and which is believed ...
— Pleasures of the telescope • Garrett Serviss


Words linked to "Delphinus" :   family Delphinidae, Delphinidae, mammal genus, common dolphin


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