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dolphinet

dolphinet noun: a female dolphin.

Noun

dolphinet (plural dolphinets)

  1. (rare) A female dolphin.
    • The lyon chose his mate, the turtle dove / Her deare, the dolphin his owne dolphinet1595, Ed. Spencer [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “Colin Clouts Come Home Againe”, in Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, London: […] T[homas] C[reede] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
    • Moore happened to visit New Zealand while the dolphinet known as Opo was playing with the bathers and children at Opononi, north of Auckland.1961 [1960], Antony Alpers, “Foreword”, in Dolphins: The Myth and the Mammal, fourth printing (hardback), Cambridge: The Riverside Press, page vii
    Synonyms:
    cow

Synonyms of dolphinet

Forms of dolphinet

pluraldolphinets

Origin of dolphinet

From dolphin + -et.

Questions about dolphinet

What does dolphinet mean?
Dolphinet means a female dolphin.
What part of speech is dolphinet?
Dolphinet is a noun.
What is the plural of dolphinet?
The plural of dolphinet is dolphinets.

Words near dolphinet in the dictionary

  1. dolphinaria
  2. dolphinarium
  3. dolphinariums
  4. dolphinese
  5. dolphinesque
  6. dolphinet
  7. dolphinets
  8. dolphinfish
  9. dolphinfishes
  10. dolphinflesh
  11. dolphining

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