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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Delphin

· Del·phin · IPA
01 a. Pertaining to the dauphin of France; as, the Delphin classics, an edition of the Latin classics, prepared in the reign of Louis XIV., for t…
  1. 1.
    Pertaining to the dauphin of France; as, the Delphin classics, an edition of the Latin classics, prepared in the reign of Louis XIV., for the use of the dauphin (in usum Delphini).
02 n. A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also phocenin.
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    A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also phocenin.(Chem.) Also: phocenin