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Delphinus   Listen
noun
Delphinus  n.  
1.
(Zool.) A genus of Cetacea, including the dolphin. See Dolphin, 1.
2.
(Astron.) The Dolphin, a constellation near the equator and east of Aquila.





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"Delphinus" Quotes from Famous Books



... Turning to Delphinus, we find a very beautiful double in gamma, magnitudes four and five, distance 11", p. 273 deg., colors golden and emerald. The leader alpha, which is not as bright as its neighbor beta, and which is believed ...
— Pleasures of the telescope • Garrett Serviss
... Altair, but in the Persian tables the Flying Vulture. This is one of the old constellations, situated near Delphinus in the northern hemisphere. According to Grecian fable, Aquila represented Ganymede or Hebe, who was transported to heaven and made ...
— The Ruins • C. F. [Constantin Francois de] Volney


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