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noun

dolphin

A large warm-water fish also called mahi-mahi.

The angler catches a dolphin with bright green and gold flanks.

Etymology
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The name belongs to the older dolphin word family, ultimately Greek delphis. English applied it to this fish as well as the marine mammal, so the shared name does not imply close biological kinship.

More examples

  • The menu calls dolphin mahi-mahi to avoid confusion.
  • They saw several dolphin beneath the floating seaweed.
  • The fish called dolphin is not the marine mammal.

Forms

dolphin · dolphins