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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:

Nouns denoting animals

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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