| delphin | <chemistry> A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise. Synonym: phocenin. Origin: L. Delphinus a dolphin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| delphine | Pertaining to the dolphin, a genus of fishes. Origin: L. Delphinus a dolphin, Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| delphinic | <chemistry> Pertaining to, or derived from, the dolphin; phocenic. Delphinic acid. <chemistry> See Valeric acid, under Valeric. See: Delphin. <chemistry> Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically, relating to the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria). Origin: From NL. Delphinium, the name of the genus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| delphinine | <chemistry> A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria), as a colourless amorphous powder. Origin: Cf. F. Delphinine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Delphinium ajacis | A species of plant (family Ranuculaceae) containing the alkaloids ajacine and ajaconine; the dried ripe seeds have been used externally as a parasiticide in pediculosis; rarely used now because of its toxicity. Synonym: larkspur. Origin: G. Delphinion, larkspur (05 Mar 2000) |
| delphinoid | <zoology> Pertaining to, or resembling, the dolphin. Origin: L. Delphinus a dolphin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| delphinoidea | <zoology> The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| delphinus | 1. <zoology> A genus of Cetacea, including the dolphin. See Dolphin. 1. 2. <astronomy> The Dolphin, a constellation near the equator and east of Aquila. Origin: L, a dolphin, fr. Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |