delphis

  • 121delfin — DELFÍN1, delfini, s.m. 1. Mamifer marin cu corpul în formă de fus, care atinge mărimea de trei metri, cu botul alungit, prevăzut cu numeroşi dinţi conici, şi care trăieşte în grupuri compacte în toate mările; porc de mare (Delphinus delphis). 2.… …

    Dicționar Român

  • 122dolphin — [13] The ultimate source of dolphin is Greek delphís ‘dolphin’, which some have linked with Greek delphýs ‘womb’. From it was derived delphīnion, a name given to the plant larkspur on account of the dolphin like shape of part of its flower,… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 123dupin — dùpīn m <G dupína> DEFINICIJA zool. morski sisavac (Delphinus delphis) iz porodice kitova (podred kitovi zubani), vrlo čest i u Jadranskom moru; delfin, pliskavica SINTAGMA dobri dupin dobra pliskavica (Tursiops truncatus); nešto rjeđa u… …

    Hrvatski jezični portal

  • 124dolphin — /ˈdɒlfən / (say dolfuhn) noun 1. any of various cetaceans of the family Delphinidae, some of which are commonly called porpoises, especially Delphinus delphis, which has a long, sharp nose and abounds in the Mediterranean and the temperate… …

  • 125Selber — 1. Ass du dos salwer, dos de wacker bleist. (Zellerfeld im Oberharz.) 2. Besser selber haben als beim Nachbar borgen. Schwed.: Bättre är sjelf äga, än bedas til låns af syster. (Törning, 9.) 3. Ein jeglicher für sich selber, Gott für vns alle.… …

    Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon

  • 126dolphin — [13] The ultimate source of dolphin is Greek delphís ‘dolphin’, which some have linked with Greek delphýs ‘womb’. From it was derived delphīnion, a name given to the plant larkspur on account of the dolphin like shape of part of its flower,… …

    Word origins

  • 127delphinium — noun Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Greek delphinion larkspur, diminutive of delphin , delphis dolphin; probably from the shape of the nectary Date: 1664 any of a large genus (Delphinium) of the buttercup family that comprises chiefly… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 128Delphinus — noun Etymology: Latin (genitive Delphini), literally, dolphin, from Greek delphin , delphis Date: 1854 a northern constellation nearly west of Pegasus …

    New Collegiate Dictionary