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     Delphin, Delphine  (?), 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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    Delphin, 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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