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Dolphin

🔄 Synonyms of "Dolphin"

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Word	Definition
dolphinfishnoun	A large food and game fish of the Coryphaenidae family which is commonly found in tropical and subtropical waters.
mahimahinoun	Alternative spelling of mahi-mahi. [A large food and game fish of the family Coryphaenidae which is commonly found in tropical and subtropical waters.]

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Dolphin"

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Word	Definition
mahimahinoun	Alternative spelling of mahi-mahi. [A large food and game fish of the family Coryphaenidae which is commonly found in tropical and subtropical waters.]
dolphinfishnoun	A large food and game fish of the Coryphaenidae family which is commonly found in tropical and subtropical waters.
bottlenosenoun	bottlenose dolphin.
tunanoun	Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.
delphinnoun	(organic chemistry) A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise.
dauphinnoun	The eldest son of the king of France. Under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, the Dauphin of France, generally shortened to Dauphin, was heir apparent to the throne of France. The title derived from the main title of the Dauphin, Dauphin of Viennois.
strikernoun	A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest.
heirnoun	Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.
porpoisenoun	Any small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to dolphins and whales.
cetaceannoun	An animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea, including dolphins, porpoises, and whales.
delphinidnoun	(zoology) Any marine mammal in the family Delphinidae, the dolphins, killer whales, pilot whales, and relatives.
delphinusnoun	(astronomy) A small summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dolphin. It lies between the constellations Cygnus and Aquila.
tursiopsnoun	a genus of delphinidae
orcanoun	A sea mammal (Orcinus orca) related to dolphins and porpoises, commonly called the killer whale.
blackfishnoun	A pilot whale (Globicephalus spp.) and occasionally also used for various other whales).
beluganoun	A fish, Huso huso, that is a source of caviar, which is found in the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.
narwhalnoun	Monodon monoceros, an Arctic cetacean that grows to about 20 feet (6 meters) long, the male having a single horn-like tusk, a twisted, pointed canine tooth that projects forward.
delphinus delphisnoun	black-and-white dolphin that leaps high out of the water; one of the dolphins displayed at the marinelands in california and in florida
whalenoun	Any one of numerous large marine mammals comprising an informal group within infraorder Cetacea that usually excludes dolphins and porpoises.
river dolphinnoun	(zoology) Any dolphin that is found only in fresh or brackish water, now considered in one of three superfamilies Platanistoidea, †Lipotoidea, Inioidea, all in parvorder Odontoceti or in a grouping with hippopotamuses.