Part 2905

<hw><hw>Del"phin</hw>, <hw>Del"phine</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Dauphin</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to the dauphin of France; <as>as, the <ex>Delphin</ex> classics, an edition of the Latin classics, prepared in the reign of Louis XIV., for the use of the dauphin (<i>in usum Delphini</i>).</as></def>

<h1>Delphin</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>Del"phin</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>delphinus</ets> a dolphin.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also <altname>phocenin</altname>.</def>

<h1>Delphine</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>Del"phine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>delphinus</ets> a dolphin, Gr. <?/, <?/.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to the dolphin, a genus of fishes.</def>

<h1>Delphinic</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>Del*phin"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Delphin</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, the dolphin; phocenic.</def>

<cs><col>Delphinic acid</col>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Valeric acid</cref>, under <er>Valeric</er>.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cs>

<h1>Delphinic</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>Del*phin"ic</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From NL. <ets>Delphinium</ets>, the name of the genus.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically, relating to the stavesacre (<spn>Delphinium staphisagria</spn>).</def>

<h1>Delphinine</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>Del"phi*nine</hw> <tt>(?; 104)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>delphinine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre (<spn>Delphinium staphisagria</spn>), as a colorless amorphous powder.</def>

<h1>Delphinoid</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>Del"phi*noid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>delphinus</ets> a dolphin + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, the dolphin.</def>

<h1>Delphinoidea</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>Del`phi*noi"de*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms.</def>

<h1>Delphinus</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>Del*phi"nus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a dolphin, fr. Gr. <?/, <?/.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of Cetacea, including the dolphin. See <er>Dolphin</er>, <p><b>1.</b></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The Dolphin, a constellation near the equator and east of Aquila.</def>

<h1>Delta</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>Del"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Deltas</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Gr. <?/, the name of the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (the capital form of which is <DELTA/, Eng. D), from the Ph\'d2nician name of the corresponding letter. The Greeks called the alluvial deposit at the mouth of the Nile, from its shape, the <ets>Delta</ets> of the Nile.]</ety> <def>A tract of land shaped like the letter delta (<DELTA/), especially when the land is alluvial and inclosed between two or more mouths of a river; <as>as, the <ex>delta</ex> of the Ganges, of the Nile, or of the Mississippi</as>.</def>

<h1>Deltafication</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>Del`ta*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Delta</ets> + L. <ets>facere</ets> to make.]</ety> <def>The formation of a delta or of deltas.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Deltaic</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>Del*ta"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to, or like, a delta.</def>

<h1>Delthyris</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>Del*thy"ris</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>de`lta</grk> the name of the letter <DELTA/ + <grk>thy`ra</grk> door.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A name formerly given to certain Silurian brachiopod shells of the genus <er>Spirifer</er>.</def>