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DELPHINUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Delphinidae
Synonyms:
Delphinus; genus Delphinus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Delphinus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Delphinus"):
common dolphin; Delphinus delphis (black-and-white dolphin that leaps high out of the water)
Holonyms ("Delphinus" is a member of...):
Delphinidae; family Delphinidae (dolphins)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A constellation in the northern hemisphere near Pegasus and Aquila
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)
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