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Delphinus

A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | Copyright

Delphinus (abbr. Del, gen. Delphini) A small but distinctive constellation of the equatorial region of the sky, representing a dolphin. Its two brightest stars are Alpha Delphini (Sualocin) and Beta Delphini (Rotanev), magnitudes 3.8 and 3.6 respectively; the names of these stars written backwards spell Nicolaus Venator, the Latinized form of Niccolò Cacciatore (1780–1841), an Italian astronomer who named them after himself. Gamma Delphini is an attractive double of yellow stars, magnitudes 4.3 and 5.1.

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Delphinus

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Copyright

Delphinus (dolphin) See DELPHINIDAE.

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Delphinus

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Delphinus •pandanus •badness, madness, sadness •Magnus • aptness •fatness, patness •redness • wetness •anus, Coriolanus, heinous, Janus, Punta Arenas, Silvanus •genus, intravenous, Maecenas, Malvinas, Salinas, venous, Venus •Cygnus • proteinous • ruinous •libidinous •multitudinous, platitudinous, pulchritudinous, vicissitudinous •cartilaginous, farraginous, oleaginous •fuliginous, indigenous, oxygenous, polygynous, rubiginous, vertiginous •androgynous, autogenous, endogenous, erogenous, exogenous, homogenous, hydrogenous, misogynous •ferruginous • ominous •bituminous, leguminous, luminous, numinous, voluminous •conterminous, coterminous, terminus, verminous •larcenous • gelatinous • cretinous •mountainous •glutinous, mutinous •resinous •Aquinas, Delphinus, echinus, Linus, Longinus, minus, Plotinus, sinus, vinous •oddness • wanness • hotness •Faunus, rawness •Kaunas •bonus, Cronus, Jonas, lowness, onus, Tithonus •oldness •newness, twoness •fulness •alumnus, rumness •oneness • Oceanus • Eridanus •diaphanous • polyphonous •cacophonous, homophonous •porcellanous • villainous •membranous • tyrannous •synchronous • Uranus • tetanus •monotonous • gluttonous •cavernous, ravenous •treasonous • poisonous • Avernus

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