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dolphinkind en · NOUN

Etymology

From dolphin + -kind.

Meanings

  1. (rare, uncountable) Dolphins collectively.
    • The Tillek said those points were the spaceships that had brought humankind and dolphinkind to Pern. 2002, Anne McCaffrey, The Dolphins of Pern, page 4:
    • So there is something a little odd about this solitary animal, who rarely allows anyone to touch him and seems to have no need of other dolphinkind. 1995, Patricia Levy, Direct from Southwest Ireland: Kerry and West Cork, page 179:
    • […] one dedicated to the notion that the proper study of dolphinkind is dolphin: a man who believes that any discoveries made about the mammals should remain private and not be put to cheap, practical use. 1974, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 233, page 7: