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   Dahlia pinnata
         n 1: any of several plants of or developed from the species
               Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed
               variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of
               Mexico and Central America and Colombia [syn: {dahlia},
               {Dahlia pinnata}]

English Dictionary: Delphinus delphis by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Delphian
adj
  1. of or relating to Delphi or to the oracles of Apollo at Delphi; "Delphic oracle"
    Synonym(s): Delphic, Delphian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Delphinapterus
n
  1. white whale
    Synonym(s): Delphinapterus, genus Delphinapterus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Delphinapterus leucas
n
  1. small northern whale that is white when adult [syn: {white whale}, beluga, Delphinapterus leucas]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Delphinidae
n
  1. dolphins
    Synonym(s): Delphinidae, family Delphinidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
delphinium
n
  1. any plant of the genus Delphinium having palmately divided leaves and showy spikes of variously colored spurred flowers; some contain extremely poisonous substances
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Delphinium ajacis
n
  1. commonly cultivated larkspur of southern Europe having unbranched spikelike racemes of blue or sometimes purplish or pinkish flowers; sometime placed in genus Delphinium
    Synonym(s): rocket larkspur, Consolida ambigua, Delphinium ajacis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Delphinus
n
  1. a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Pegasus and Aquila
  2. type genus of the Delphinidae
    Synonym(s): Delphinus, genus Delphinus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Delphinus delphis
n
  1. black-and-white dolphin that leaps high out of the water;
    Synonym(s): common dolphin, Delphinus delphis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dial phone
n
  1. a telephone with a dial for registering the number to be called
    Synonym(s): dial telephone, dial phone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
diluvian
adj
  1. of or connected with a deluge [syn: diluvian, diluvial]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dolophine hydrochloride
n
  1. synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit- forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction
    Synonym(s): methadone, methadone hydrochloride, methadon, dolophine hydrochloride, fixer, synthetic heroin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dolphin
n
  1. large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)
    Synonym(s): dolphinfish, dolphin, mahimahi
  2. any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dolphin kick
n
  1. a swimming kick; an up and down kick of the feet together
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dolphin oil
n
  1. an unsaturated fatty oil obtained from dolphins and used as a fine lubricant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dolphin striker
n
  1. spar under the bowsprit of a sailboat [syn: {dolphin striker}, martingale]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dolphinfish
n
  1. the lean flesh of a saltwater fish found in warm waters (especially in Hawaii)
    Synonym(s): dolphinfish, mahimahi
  2. large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)
    Synonym(s): dolphinfish, dolphin, mahimahi
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dowel pin
n
  1. a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together
    Synonym(s): dowel, dowel pin, joggle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Daphnin \Daph"nin\, n. [Cf. F. daphnine.] (Chem.)
      (a) A dark green bitter resin extracted from the mezereon
            ({Daphne mezereum}) and regarded as the essential
            principle of the plant. [R.]
      (b) A white, crystalline, bitter substance, regarded as a
            glucoside, and extracted from {Daphne mezereum} and {D.
            alpina}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Album Gr91cum \[d8]Al"bum Gr[91]"cum\ [L., Greek white.]
      Dung of dogs or hyenas, which becomes white by exposure to
      air. It is used in dressing leather, and was formerly used in
      medicine.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Albuminosis \[d8]Al*bu`mi*no"sis\, n. [NL., fr. E. albumin.]
      (Med.)
      A morbid condition due to excessive increase of albuminous
      elements in the blood.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Albuminuria \[d8]Al*bu`mi*nu"ri*a\, n. [NL., fr. L. albumen +
      Gr. [?] urine.] (Med.)
      A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Alfione \[d8]Al`fi*o"ne\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      An edible marine fish of California ({Rhacochilus toxotes}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Alpenstock \[d8]Al"pen*stock`\, n. [G.; Alp, gen. pl. Alpen +
      stock stick.]
      A long staff, pointed with iron, used in climbing the Alps.
      --Cheever.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Delphinoidea \[d8]Del`phi*noi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins,
      porpoises, and related forms.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Delphinus \[d8]Del*phi"nus\, n. [L., a dolphin, fr. Gr.
      delfi`s, delfi`n.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of Cetacea, including the dolphin. See
            {Dolphin}, 1.
  
      2. (Astron.) The Dolphin, a constellation near the equator
            and east of Aquila.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Elephantiasis \[d8]El`e*phan*ti"a*sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?],
      from [?], [?], an elephant.] (Med.)
      A disease of the skin, in which it become enormously
      thickened, and is rough, hard, and fissured, like an
      elephant's hide.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Labium \[d8]La"bi*um\, n.; pl. L. {Labia}, E. {Labiums}. [L.]
      1. A lip, or liplike organ.
  
      2. The lip of an organ pipe.
  
      3. pl. (Anat.) The folds of integument at the opening of the
            vulva.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The organ of insects which covers the mouth beneath,
                  and serves as an under lip. It consists of the second
                  pair of maxill[91], usually closely united in the
                  middle line, but bearing a pair of palpi in most
                  insects. It often consists of a thin anterior part
                  (ligula or palpiger) and a firmer posterior plate
                  (mentum).
            (b) Inner margin of the aperture of a shell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Monde \[d8]Monde\ (m[ocir]Nd), n. [F. See {Mundane}.]
      The world; a globe as an ensign of royalty. [R.] --A.
      Drummond.
  
      {[d8]Le beau monde} [F.], fashionable society. See {Beau
            monde}.
  
      {[d8]Demi monde}. See {Demimonde}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Lev82e en masse \[d8]Le*v[82]e" en` masse"\ (l[eit]*v[asl]"
      [aum]N` m[adot]s"). [F.]
      See {Levy in mass}, under {Levy}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Levana \[d8]Le*va"na\ (l[esl]*v[amac]"n[adot]), n. [L., fr.
      levare to raise.] (Rom. Myth.)
      A goddess who protected newborn infants.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Lip91mia \[d8]Li*p[91]"mi*a\ (l[icr]*p[emac]"m[icr]*[adot]),
      n. [NL., fr. Gr. li`pos fat + a"i^ma blood.] (Med.)
      A condition in which fat occurs in the blood.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Lipoma \[d8]Li*po"ma\ (l[icr]*p[omac]"m[adot]), n. [NL., from
      Gr. li`pos fat + -oma.] (Med.)
      A tumor consisting of fat or adipose tissue. --
      {Li*pom"a*tous} (-p[ocr]m"[adot]*t[ucr]s), a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Lophiomys \[d8]Lo*phi"o*mys\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. lofia` a mane,
      bristly ridge + my^s a mouse.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A very singular rodent ({Lophiomys Imhausi}) of Northeastern
      Africa. It is the only known representative of a special
      family ({Lophiomyid[91]}), remarkable for the structure of
      the skull. It has handlike feet, and the hair is peculiar in
      structure and arrangement.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Lyopomata \[d8]Ly`o*po"ma*ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] to
      loose + [?], [?], a lid.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An order of brachiopods, in which the valves of shell are not
      articulated by a hinge. It includes the Lingula, Discina, and
      allied forms. [Written also {Lyopoma}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Talapoin \[d8]Tal"a*poin\ (t[acr]l"[adot]*poin), n. [Pg.
      talapoi, talapoin, name for Buddhist priest, fr. Siamese
      t[lsquo]ama p[lsquo]r[acr]; t[lsquo]ama, honorific title +
      p[lsquo]r[acr] priest.]
      A Buddhist monk or priest. [Ceylon & Indo-China]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Delphian \Del"phi*an\, a.
      Delphic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Delphin \Del"phin\, Delphine \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).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Delphin \Del"phin\, n. [L. delphinus a dolphin.] (Chem.)
      A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the
      porpoise; -- called also {phocenin}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beluga \Be*lu"ga\ (b[esl]*l[umac]"g[adot]), n. [Russ. bieluga a
      sort of large sturgeon, prop. white fish, fr. bieluii white.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A cetacean allied to the dolphins.
  
      Note: The northern beluga ({Delphinapterus catodon}) is the
               white whale and white fish of the whalers. It grows to
               be from twelve to eighteen feet long.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Delphin \Del"phin\, Delphine \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).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Delphine \Del"phine\, a. [L. delphinus a dolphin, Gr. delfi`s,
      delfi`n.]
      Pertaining to the dolphin, a genus of fishes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Delphinic \Del*phin"ic\, a. [See {Delphin}, n.] (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, or derived from, the dolphin; phocenic.
  
      {Delphinic acid}. (Chem.) See {Valeric acid}, under
            {Valeric}. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Delphinic \Del*phin"ic\, a. [From NL. Delphinium, the name of
      the genus.] (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically,
      relating to the stavesacre ({Delphinium staphisagria}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Delphinic \Del*phin"ic\, a. [See {Delphin}, n.] (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, or derived from, the dolphin; phocenic.
  
      {Delphinic acid}. (Chem.) See {Valeric acid}, under
            {Valeric}. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Delphinine \Del"phi*nine\ (?; 104), n. [Cf. F. delphinine.]
      (Chem.)
      A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre
      ({Delphinium staphisagria}), as a colorless amorphous powder.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rocket \Rock"et\, n. [F. roquette (cf. Sp. ruqueta, It
      ruchetta), fr. L. eruca.] (Bot.)
      (a) A cruciferous plant ({Eruca sativa}) sometimes eaten in
            Europe as a salad.
      (b) Damewort.
      (c) Rocket larkspur. See below.
  
      {Dyer's Rocket}. (Bot.) See {Dyer's broom}, under {Broom}.
  
      {Rocket larkspur} (Bot.), an annual plant with showy flowers
            in long racemes ({Delphinium Ajacis}).
  
      {Sea rocket} (Bot.), either of two fleshy cruciferous plants
            ({Cakile maritima} and {C. Americana}) found on the
            seashore of Europe and America.
  
      {Yellow rocket} (Bot.), a common cruciferous weed with yellow
            flowers ({Barbarea vulgaris}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Delphinic \Del*phin"ic\, a. [From NL. Delphinium, the name of
      the genus.] (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically,
      relating to the stavesacre ({Delphinium staphisagria}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Delphinine \Del"phi*nine\ (?; 104), n. [Cf. F. delphinine.]
      (Chem.)
      A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre
      ({Delphinium staphisagria}), as a colorless amorphous powder.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stavesacre \Staves"a`cre\, n. [Corrupted from NL. staphis agria,
      Gr. [?] dried grape + [?] wild.] (Bot.)
      A kind of larkspur ({Delphinium Staphysagria}), and its
      seeds, which are violently purgative and emetic. They are
      used as a parasiticide, and in the East for poisoning fish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Delphinoid \Del"phi*noid\, a. [L. delphinus a dolphin + -oid.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      Pertaining to, or resembling, the dolphin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Porpoise \Por"poise\, n. [OE. porpeys, OF. porpeis, literally,
      hog fish, from L. porcus swine + piscis fish. See {Pork}, and
      {Fish}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any small cetacean of the genus {Phoc[91]na},
            especially {P. communis}, or {P. phoc[91]na}, of Europe,
            and the closely allied American species ({P. Americana}).
            The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They
            are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter
            snout. Called also {harbor porpoise}, {herring hag},
            {puffing pig}, and {snuffer}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A true dolphin ({Delphinus}); -- often so
            called by sailors.
  
      {Skunk porpoise}, [or] {Bay porpoise} (Zo[94]l.), a North
            American porpoise ({Lagenorhynchus acutus}), larger than
            the common species, and with broad stripes of white and
            yellow on the sides. See Illustration in Appendix.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bottle-nose \Bot"tle-nose`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      1. A cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, as
            {Delphinus Tursio} and {Lagenorhyncus leucopleurus}, of
            Europe.
  
      2. The puffin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Delve \Delve\v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Delved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Delving}.] [AS. delfan to dig; akin to OS. bidelban to bury,
      D. delven to dig, MHG. telben, and possibly to E. dale. Cf.
      {Delf} a mine.]
      1. To dig; to open (the ground) as with a spade.
  
                     Delve of convenient depth your thrashing floor.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      2. To dig into; to penetrate; to trace out; to fathom.
  
                     I can not delve him to the root.         --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Diluvian \Di*lu"vi*an\, a. [Cf. F. diluvien.]
      Of or pertaining to a deluge, esp. to the Noachian deluge;
      diluvial; as, of diluvian origin. --Buckland.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Diluvium \Di*lu"vi*um\, n.; pl. E. {Diluviums}, L. {Diluvia}.
      [L. diluvium. See {Dilute}, {Deluge}.] (Geol.)
      A deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, stones, etc.,
      caused by former action of flowing waters, or the melting of
      glacial ice.
  
      Note: The accumulation of matter by the ordinary operation of
               water is termed alluvium.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Diluvium \Di*lu"vi*um\, n.; pl. E. {Diluviums}, L. {Diluvia}.
      [L. diluvium. See {Dilute}, {Deluge}.] (Geol.)
      A deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, stones, etc.,
      caused by former action of flowing waters, or the melting of
      glacial ice.
  
      Note: The accumulation of matter by the ordinary operation of
               water is termed alluvium.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dolphin \Dol"phin\ (d[ocr]l"f[icr]n), n. [F. dauphin dolphin,
      dauphin, earlier spelt also doffin; cf. OF. dalphinal of the
      dauphin; fr. L. delphinus, Gr. delfi`s a dolphin (in senses
      1, 2, & 5), perh. properly, belly fish; cf. delfy`s womb,
      Skr. garbha; perh. akin to E. calf. Cf. {Dauphin},
      {Delphine}.]
      1. (Zool.)
            (a) A cetacean of the genus {Delphinus} and allied genera
                  (esp. {D. delphis}); the true dolphin.
            (b) The {Coryph[91]na hippuris}, a fish of about five feet
                  in length, celebrated for its surprising changes of
                  color when dying. It is the fish commonly known as the
                  dolphin. See {Coryph[91]noid}.
  
      Note: The dolphin of the ancients ({D. delphis}) is common in
               the Mediterranean and Atlantic, and attains a length of
               from six to eight feet.
  
      2. [Gr. delfi`s] (Gr. Antiq.) A mass of iron or lead hung
            from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck
            of an enemy's vessel.
  
      3. (Naut.)
            (a) A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.
            (b) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a
                  ring to which ships may fasten their cables. --R. H.
                  Dana.
            (c) A mooring post on a wharf or beach.
            (d) A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the
                  gunwale. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
  
      4. (Gun.) In old ordnance, one of the handles above the
            trunnions by which the gun was lifted.
  
      5. (Astron.) A small constellation between Aquila and
            Pegasus. See {Delphinus}, n., 2.
  
      {Dolphin fly} (Zo[94]l.), the black, bean, or collier, Aphis
            ({Aphis fable}), destructive to beans.
  
      {Dolphin striker} (Naut.), a short vertical spar under the
            bowsprit.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dolphin \Dol"phin\ (d[ocr]l"f[icr]n), n. [F. dauphin dolphin,
      dauphin, earlier spelt also doffin; cf. OF. dalphinal of the
      dauphin; fr. L. delphinus, Gr. delfi`s a dolphin (in senses
      1, 2, & 5), perh. properly, belly fish; cf. delfy`s womb,
      Skr. garbha; perh. akin to E. calf. Cf. {Dauphin},
      {Delphine}.]
      1. (Zool.)
            (a) A cetacean of the genus {Delphinus} and allied genera
                  (esp. {D. delphis}); the true dolphin.
            (b) The {Coryph[91]na hippuris}, a fish of about five feet
                  in length, celebrated for its surprising changes of
                  color when dying. It is the fish commonly known as the
                  dolphin. See {Coryph[91]noid}.
  
      Note: The dolphin of the ancients ({D. delphis}) is common in
               the Mediterranean and Atlantic, and attains a length of
               from six to eight feet.
  
      2. [Gr. delfi`s] (Gr. Antiq.) A mass of iron or lead hung
            from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck
            of an enemy's vessel.
  
      3. (Naut.)
            (a) A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.
            (b) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a
                  ring to which ships may fasten their cables. --R. H.
                  Dana.
            (c) A mooring post on a wharf or beach.
            (d) A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the
                  gunwale. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
  
      4. (Gun.) In old ordnance, one of the handles above the
            trunnions by which the gun was lifted.
  
      5. (Astron.) A small constellation between Aquila and
            Pegasus. See {Delphinus}, n., 2.
  
      {Dolphin fly} (Zo[94]l.), the black, bean, or collier, Aphis
            ({Aphis fable}), destructive to beans.
  
      {Dolphin striker} (Naut.), a short vertical spar under the
            bowsprit.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dolphin \Dol"phin\ (d[ocr]l"f[icr]n), n. [F. dauphin dolphin,
      dauphin, earlier spelt also doffin; cf. OF. dalphinal of the
      dauphin; fr. L. delphinus, Gr. delfi`s a dolphin (in senses
      1, 2, & 5), perh. properly, belly fish; cf. delfy`s womb,
      Skr. garbha; perh. akin to E. calf. Cf. {Dauphin},
      {Delphine}.]
      1. (Zool.)
            (a) A cetacean of the genus {Delphinus} and allied genera
                  (esp. {D. delphis}); the true dolphin.
            (b) The {Coryph[91]na hippuris}, a fish of about five feet
                  in length, celebrated for its surprising changes of
                  color when dying. It is the fish commonly known as the
                  dolphin. See {Coryph[91]noid}.
  
      Note: The dolphin of the ancients ({D. delphis}) is common in
               the Mediterranean and Atlantic, and attains a length of
               from six to eight feet.
  
      2. [Gr. delfi`s] (Gr. Antiq.) A mass of iron or lead hung
            from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck
            of an enemy's vessel.
  
      3. (Naut.)
            (a) A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.
            (b) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a
                  ring to which ships may fasten their cables. --R. H.
                  Dana.
            (c) A mooring post on a wharf or beach.
            (d) A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the
                  gunwale. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
  
      4. (Gun.) In old ordnance, one of the handles above the
            trunnions by which the gun was lifted.
  
      5. (Astron.) A small constellation between Aquila and
            Pegasus. See {Delphinus}, n., 2.
  
      {Dolphin fly} (Zo[94]l.), the black, bean, or collier, Aphis
            ({Aphis fable}), destructive to beans.
  
      {Dolphin striker} (Naut.), a short vertical spar under the
            bowsprit.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dolphinet \Dol"phin*et\, n.
      A female dolphin. [R.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dolven \Dolv"en\, p. p.
      of {Delve}. [Obs.] --Rom. of R.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dowel \Dow"el\, n. [Cf. G. d[94]bel peg, F. douelle state of a
      cask, surface of an arch, douille socket, little pipe,
      cartridge.] (Mech.)
      1. A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in
            the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in
            one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their
            proper relative position.
  
      2. A piece of wood driven into a wall, so that other pieces
            may be nailed to it.
  
      {Dowel joint}, a joint secured by a dowel or dowels.
  
      {Dowel pin}, a dowel. See {Dowel}, n., 1.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Delavan, IL (city, FIPS 19226)
      Location: 40.37144 N, 89.54486 W
      Population (1990): 1642 (718 housing units)
      Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 61734
   Delavan, KS
      Zip code(s): 67449
   Delavan, MN (city, FIPS 15472)
      Location: 43.76732 N, 94.01846 W
      Population (1990): 245 (118 housing units)
      Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 56023
   Delavan, WI (city, FIPS 19450)
      Location: 42.62668 N, 88.63257 W
      Population (1990): 6073 (2427 housing units)
      Area: 13.1 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 53115

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Delavan Lake, WI (CDP, FIPS 19500)
      Location: 42.60265 N, 88.61897 W
      Population (1990): 2177 (1986 housing units)
      Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 6.3 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Delevan, NY (village, FIPS 20115)
      Location: 42.49103 N, 78.47935 W
      Population (1990): 1214 (459 housing units)
      Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 14042

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Dolphin, VA
      Zip code(s): 23843

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Dalphon, the house of caves
  
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