Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling a dolphin or some aspect of one.

Etymologies

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dolphin +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Presto: groupers, lobsters and scallops proliferated, and gray whales -- which have a dolphinlike affinity for human contact-continued their comeback from extinction's edge.

    Beware Of The Humans 2008

  • The Universal Translator promptly squawked and spat out a string of fast-paced whistles and clicks, almost dolphinlike in its vocal range.

    Time's Enemy Graf, L. A. 1996

  • Surely we harbor pleasant cellular memories of dolphinlike romps in warm prehistoric seas, of gentle froggy transformations in the security of a water-filled womb.

    Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas Robbins, Tom 1994

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