Delphin

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Delphin \Del"phin\, Delphine \Del"phine\, a. [See {Dauphin}.]
     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).
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Delphin \Del"phin\, n. [L. delphinus a dolphin.] (Chem.)
     A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the
     porpoise; -- called also {phocenin}.
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