Dĕl'phin or Dĕl'phine1, a.
a. [Cf. DAUPHIN.] Pertaining to the dauphin of France; as, the Delphin classics, an edition of the Latin classics, prepared under Louis XIV., “in usum Delphini”—for the use of the dauphin.
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a. [Cf. DAUPHIN.] Pertaining to the dauphin of France; as, the Delphin classics, an edition of the Latin classics, prepared under Louis XIV., “in usum Delphini”—for the use of the dauphin.
a. [From Lat. delphinus, a dolphin, Gr. δελφίς, δελφίν.] Pertaining to the dolphin, a genus of fishes.