delphin

Noun

(uncountable)

(organic chemistry) A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise.

Origin

Latin delphinus a dolphin.

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Bossuet, in educating the dauphin, added to the ordinary classical routine represented by the extensive series of the " Delphin Classics " the study of history and of science.
On being appointed assistant tutor to the Dauphin in 1670, he edited with the assistance of Anne Lefevre, afterwards Madame Dacier, the well-known edition of the Delphin Classics.

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