dolphin
noun
any of several chiefly marine, cetacean mammals of the family Delphinidae, having a fishlike body, numerous teeth, and the front of the head elongated into a beaklike projection.
dolphins
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pluralof dolphin.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Head out with Sado Emotion in search of the Sado’s resident bottlenose dolphins, with a cruise along the Arrábida coast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
I picked him up at Los Angeles International Airport and took him straight to Zuma Beach for a picnic, where we watched dolphins jumping in the waves while the seagulls stole our potato chips.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
At roughly 5 feet long, it is the smallest member of the cetacean group, which includes whales, dolphins and porpoises.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026
It's not just raining cats and dogs, but otters, dolphins and multiple other water-dwelling mammals.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
More than anything, it was the blue dolphins that took me back home.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
