dolphins
SayDOL-finzUS/ˈdɑlf.ɪnz/UK/ˈdɒlf.ɪnz/
- 1Plural of dolphin.
A pod of dolphins followed the ship for several miles.
Marine biologists tracked the dolphins as they hunted along the coast.
Note
A regular plural, made with a plain -s and no change to the stem, so it carries every meaning the singular does. Usually it means the intelligent sea mammals, but dolphins can also be mahi-mahi, the iridescent fish also called dorado. On a warship of old they could be masses of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, ready to drop through an enemy's hull. Context, not spelling, tells them apart.
dolphins is a form of dolphin
dolphin, noun: The Atlantic bottlenose (Tursiops truncatus), the most widely recognized species of dolphin. Full entry
- Forms
- dolphindolphins plural
- Spelling
- dolphin → dolphins: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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