delphin Meaning, Definition & Usage

Del"phin, Del"phine adjective (Also<
  • Delphin
  • Delphine
)
Etymology
See Dauphin.
Definitions
  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).
Del"phin noun
Etymology
L. delphinus a dolphin.
Definitions
  1. (Chem.) A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also phocenin.

Webster 1913