Del"phin, Del"phine (?), a. [See Dauphin.]
Pertaining to the dauphin of France; as, the Delphin classics, an edition of the Latin classics, prepared in the reign of Louis XIV., for the use of the dauphin (in usum Delphini).
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Del"phin, n. [L. delphinus a dolphin.] Chem.
A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also phocenin.
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