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A constellation in the northern hemisphere near Pegasus and Aquila
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delphinus
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Delphinus \Del*phi"nus\, n. [L., a dolphin, fr. Gr. delfi`s, delfi`n.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of Cetacea, including the dolphin. See Dolphin , 1. (Astron.) The Dolphin, a constellation near the equator and east of Aquila.
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Delphinus is a constellation in the northern sky, close to the celestial equator . Its name is Latin for dolphin . Delphinus was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy , and it remains among the 88 modern constellations ...
Usage examples of delphinus.
Or was her heavenhood a kind of prize for authorship, as Delphinus had been starred by Poseidon for his winning speeches?
Besides the general historians, the Diaries of Delphinus Gentilia Peter Antonius, and Stephen Infessura, in the great collection of Muratori, represented the state and misfortunes of Rome.
As I said, you can't expect a five-hundred-year-old denizen of the Delphini system, a creature that is composed of silicon, breathes ammonia, excretes an oxygen compound, and has a metabolism that we can't even begin to analyze, to react to a situation quite the same way you or I would.
This is one of the old constellations, situated near Delphinus in the northern hemisphere.
One of the old constellations in the northern hemisphere, near Aquila and Delphinus.