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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: dalfin, from Greek delphis

dolphin

 noun
     
dolphin
Related topics: Animals
dol‧phin [countable]
HBA a very intelligent sea animal like a fish with a long grey pointed nose
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