How To Use Dolphin In A Sentence

In 100 days we saw two pods of dolphins, a pod of blue whales and a few marine birds. Times, Sunday Times
He had chasubles, also, of amber-coloured silk, and blue silk and gold brocade, and yellow silk damask and cloth of gold, figured with representations of the Passion and Crucifixion of Christ, and embroidered with lions and peacocks and other emblems; dalmatics of white satin and pink silk damask, decorated with tulips and dolphins and fleurs-de-lis; altar frontals of crimson velvet and blue linen; and many corporals, chalice-veils, and sudaria. The Picture of Dorian Gray
Dolphins have a natural affinity with humans and just being with them, playing with them and touching them, is credited with bringing about wondrous results for sick people.
Unlike other porpoises and dolphins, belugas are quite leisurely.
Bottlenose dolphins appear uniform grey, but their colouring can be very variable.

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The large lagoon and break in the reef attract many species, including dugongs, whale sharks, dolphins and manta rays.
But because of international pressure for an end to the killing of dolphins and the bloodiness of their hunting method, fishermen here have tried to keep out of the public eye.
Dolphins use sound to communicate with each other.
The foundation, which helps make the dreams of poorly boys and girls come true, arranged for Chloe to meet some dolphins at an aquarium in Benidorm.
Its snouty head, patchy grey body and small pedal fins make the dwarf look more like a large dolphin than a baleen whale.
It is understood they are to be the main attraction of a dolphinarium currently being built. The Sun
TWO men were yesterday found guilty of harassing a dolphin on a boozy early-morning swim. The Sun
The greatest threats to marine mammals are being caught in fishing nets or being struck by shipping vessels, although for the Yangtze river dolphin, pollution is a major contributor.
There was indeed a ship headed in the direction of Dolphin which was still on her southeasterly tack while Indefatigable was now headed northwest.
Albicores, bonitoes, and dolphins followed the ship for several days in succession; and one albicore, which had a mark on his back, from which we knew it, followed us from 3 degrees north latitude to 10 degrees south latitude, a distance of eight hundred and forty miles. Mark Seaworth
Litter poses a threat to dolphins, whales, turtles and seabirds by entanglement in and ingestion of plastics.
We no longer lump seals, whales, dolphins and fish all together. Times, Sunday Times
Dolphin added: "The only pledge that we would preserve is higher funding for international development, not only because it is a relatively small amount of spending (although it is) but in recognition of the urgency of providing more funds to low-income countries badly hit by a financial crisis not of their making. Don't spare the NHS from cuts, says leftwing thinktank
Dolphins, for example, descend from a hoofed mammal that adapted to life in the ocean about 50 million years ago.
If you see a dolphin, you must turn off your engine and look the other way. The Sun
I looked out across Poole Harbour, searching for the dolphin as directed by the local old salt.
Godolphin secretly resented the very evenness of temper he had once almost overprized. Godolphin, Complete
They are carrying out/conducting/doing some fascinating research into/on the language of dolphins.
The ability to collapse their lung air-sacs with increasing depth is probably the dolphin's major protection against the bends.
You can infer intelligence and or design in archeology the study of dolphins and a whole host of other possibly scientific endeavors like strong AI and SETI why not biology and cosmology? Bunny and a Book
In one long experiment a woman and bottlenose dolphin lived together constantly fur several months.
I was amazed by the Green Party members during question time today when they were complaining about the Minister of Conservation tagging dolphins with an electronic tag that was to be picked up by satellite.
Swifts jinked and swooped in the enclosed space with the grace of dolphins.
By the time I got my main down they'd headed off in a circle because the wind filled their downed sail and it was like trying to catch an insane dolphin - but I did.
Whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals and sea lions receive protection in the U.S. under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972.
Bottom trawling (scraping large nets across the seabed) kills coral, stirs up sediment causing pollutants to migrate into seaweed and other fish feed, and scoops up large amounts of by-catch -- other sealife, like turtles and dolphins unintentionally caught and wasted. Cathy Erway: The Pescatore's Dilemma
$1,000 KYD travel voucher as well as a selection of prizes from Dolphin Cove, Cayman Helicopters, Wakeboarding and Paddleboarding vouchers, and more. Cayman Net News Daily Headlines
Before you get to the bad part of the recovery, you still have to milk all that momentum by staying as tight as possible after you've finished your pulldown and dolphin kick.
In its fish tank it has sharks, dolphins and whales. Times, Sunday Times
In its fish tank it has sharks, dolphins and whales. Times, Sunday Times
We propose that the ancestors of the four extant river dolphin taxa were inhabitants of Miocene epicontinental seas.
And captive bottlenose dolphins have shown themselves to be skilled at replicating computer-generated sounds.
The whales had beached near the Dolphin Bay boat ramp and another larger pod had come ashore near a caravan park on Mandalay Beach, four kilometres west of Busselton.
Dolphins and porpoises are examples of odontocetes, as are belugas, narwhals, killer whales, sperm whales, and beaked whales.
There is a rather run-down amusement park with roller-coasters, a tower restaurant, and a dolphinarium presently under reconstruction.
Dolphins often get tangled in the nets that are used to catch tuna fish.
Once on the top floor Dowd was left to entertain himself, and Bloxham led Godolphin through to the chamber.
The researchers studied species, ranging from sharks to dolphinfish, that represented the different stages of fish evolution.
The pleasure and satisfaction of belonging to one of the world's leading whale and dolphin conservation groups.
And a second afterward hurled all of South Florida into a Latin frenzy unmatched even in the Dolphins' best days.
One small dolphin that washed ashore on a beach near Newquay appeared to have had a large chunk taken out of it by a shark. Times, Sunday Times
The advert featured a dolphin swimming around a goldfish bowl.
Godolphin Racing retired Shamardal on the eve of his scheduled start in the Eclipse Stakes on July 2 at Sandown due to a fetlock injury.
In the State of Victoria it is illegal to feed wild dolphins.
He reached down to replace the dome, and the glass dolphin swam in his palm. The Safe
For example, pilot whales had smaller group sizes when they fed more on mesopelagic fish and less on mesopelagic cephalopods, and common dolphins had larger groups if they fed on varying types of fish.
By understanding how dolphins move in the water, perhaps they could improve torpedo, ship and submarine designs.
It took me YEARS to forget the smell of the dolphin necropsy I once observed! ( Mrissa: That stinks.
Lo, neither do dolphins of the brine fare on land, nor bulls on the deep, but dreadless dost thou rush o'er land and sea alike, thy hooves serving thee for oars. Theocritus Bion and Moschus Rendered into English Prose
Common dolphins are sociable animals and entire shoals - averaging five individuals - frequently die together.
This species of dolphin is widely distributed throughout the world.
Observations of Freddy led them to conclude that dolphins use sonar while hunting.
He was much more at home in rumpled khakis or a wet suit and in the aquarium with the dolphins.
The dolphins frolic so close to the shore that you do not need binoculars to enjoy their antics. Times, Sunday Times
The brain-to-body ratio of crows, ravens and magpies equals that of dolphins and nearly matches humans.
Scientists have observed a dolphin trying to get a reluctant moray eel to come out of its crevice by poking it with the spiny body of a dead scorpionfish.
You can also scan the seas for seals, dolphins, basking sharks and whales. Times, Sunday Times
Visitors can feed dolphins, pet stingrays, catch a Cirque de la Mer acrobatic show or enjoy a host of rides like Journey to Atlantis, Kraken, or Wild Arctic.
The dive site on the final day was a stunning coral garden known to divers as Dolphin House. Times, Sunday Times
Cruise through New Zealand's many breathtaking lakes and inlets or catch a whale or dolphin passing by on watching tours.
We'll be catching bonita and dolphin, and spearing porpoises from the bowsprit. Chapter 5
In the water, his short legs, with his double-jointed knees and pliable ankles attached to size 14 feet, help him undulate like a dolphin. Built to swim, Phelps found a focus and refuge in water
Dolphins produce a high frequency sound.
The order Sirenia is composed of manatees and dugongs, and the order Cetacea includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
Shear loading may also explain the bending mechanics of the interspinous ligaments running axially between the zygopophyses of the neural spines of dolphin vertebrae.
One of the aliens scuttled forward and fiddled with one of its gadgets, finally producing an audible series of grunts, whistles, and squeaks which to Jerome's untutored ears sounded exactly like the sounds of dolphins. A Simple Misunderstanding
Laurea watched as the mermen nodded and took the load from one of the dolphins' backs and distributed the items amongst the remaining dolphins.
That plan will see a ban on driftnets in some EU waters and the use of acoustic devices, or pingers, to repel dolphins and related species from driftnets.
The highlight though is your up-close personal encounter with some very playful dolphins. The Sun
Although not closely related to other river dolphins, the tucuxi is included here because it shares a similar habitat.
For example, China's Yangtze river dolphin and the solenodons of Hispaniola and Cuba, are the last surviving representatives of entire families of mammals, yet are unfamiliar to both conservationists and the public, and are frequently overlooked by current conservation initiatives.
In Florida he swam with dolphins, symbolised by two stone dolphins carved at the top of his gravestone.
For the time being, Godolphin can only dream of such lofty heights. Times, Sunday Times
You can also scan the seas for seals, dolphins, basking sharks and whales. Times, Sunday Times
More of that and less of those squeaky dolphins and this would have been an award-winner. Times, Sunday Times
Tuna boats, for example, often kill sharks, turtles, and dolphins that get trapped in their nets.
They are carrying out/conducting/doing some fascinating research into/on the language of dolphins.
Many people are of opinion that the porpoise is a variety of the dolphin. The History of Animals
This particular dolphin is noted for its distinctive black and white markings.
Patriotic slogans and neon signs, put up by private businessmen on office towers, depict dolphins (the region's mascot) and the bauhinia flower. Painting The Town Red
That only encourages the dolphin to make people its social cohorts rather than other dolphins. Times, Sunday Times
If you look at dolphins, orcas, and blue whales, all fully aquatic animals, you would have a hard time imagining them walking on land.
Marine biologists are calling for Cardigan Bay to be created a marine nature reserve to protect the dolphins.
A large proportion of the dolphins in that area will eventually die.
Inspector Edgardo Bernardo, police chief in Pilar town in Bataan, said many of the dolphins were found in shallow water and some had come ashore, including three in a bad condition due to wounds.
The trio have been together for five years and have won numerous Dolphin Awards in that time for their entrancing, acoustic-driven Oceanic soul.
The dolphin's habitat is being rapidly degraded.
Alternatively, the family can watch a sea lion show at the water park, which has a dolphinarium and a host of water rides to delight the kids.
In season, you can spot dolphins and whales on their migratory routes. Times, Sunday Times
It was the Glister, a smart little brig, almost a toy brig in fact, copper-bottomed, lines like a dolphin, a sea-cutter and a wind-eater. CHAPTER XIV
Almost as soon as we dropped into the water we were deafened by a series of high-pitched clicks and squeaks and whistles, and about 20 dolphins turned up.
Celestite will also assist initiates in uncovering lifetimes that one's soul has had in the sea such as within the dolphin and whale species, and communing with such species in present time.
Miami rallied from a 14-0 deficit with help from Brandon Marshall, who made 10 catches for 166 yards and scored his first touchdown for the Dolphins. Braylon Edwards Comes Off Bench To Lift Jets Over Dolphins
Offshore, we got into dolphinfish in good numbers, plus some wahoo. The Greatest Fishing Lodges in the World
No captures of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins have occurred in the US since 1989.
Here's one: It's late summer in New Zealand--that means fleecy lambs frolicking in green grass, warm starry nights in the mountains, close encounters with dolphins, verdant hobbit habitats perfect for hiking... Sick Of Winter? It's Summer In New Zealand...
There are still 226 plant and animal species and 41 natural habitats under threat in Scotland, including capercaillies, cornflowers, red squirrels, dolphins and butterflies.
I fear for these two dolphins' lives. The Sun
The whale, like the dolphin, has become a symbol of the marvels of creation.
Yet it's hard to argue when one stands in its presence: The car's obsidian aluminum body Mr. Lauren changed the color from blue seems to leap over itself in a cavort of harmonies and symmetries, the fenders and arched roofline like black dolphins breeching and leaping. A Man Driven to Distraction
The dolphin had made this little jaunt merely for the fun of it. Times, Sunday Times
The Cetacea are, of course, best known from their modern representatives, the porpoises, dolphins and whales.
Captivity for a dolphin is a life-long imprisonment. Brenda Peterson: Japan: Stop Killing Our Evolutionary Elders and Help Save Our Oceans
Alarms known as pingers that are attached to fishing nets can annoy whales, dolphins and porpoises enough that they swim away to safety.
I loved the dolphins and pilot whales and birds that followed our course. Times, Sunday Times
More than 400 dead dolphins had been washed ashore.
Attaching pingers to the shark nets may help reduce dolphin catches.
Below in the glittering blue Pacific half a dozen dolphins were playing in the surf, skimming in just below the face of the breakers then flipping out over the crest as the wave broke.
In this way he seeks to explain the marvel with respect to the huge bulk of many of the tertiary mammalia -- the mammoth, mastadon, and megatherium; they were in immediate descent from the cetacea, or whale and dolphin tribe. (p. 267.) An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges
Julia Gorodetskaya (@gorodetskaya), a Ukrainian TV journalist, sent the first underwater Tweet from the bottom of a dolphinarium, TechCrunch reports. First Underwater Tweet Sent By Ukranian Journalist Julia Gorodetskaya (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
I just found one that I am spending more time on and that is: www. songfacts.com nfl. com gamepass just joined to catch the out of market games my sone is a big dolphins fan and he can never watch any of the games so I hooked him up Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories
Dusky dolphins and Burmeister's porpoise are considerably more abundant and wide-ranging than the other three species.
The dolphin population has been decimated by tuna fishing.
There were so many shapes, but I had only seen a few, such as two dolphin swim out of the sea, mysterious stone on the Rapa Nui, large amount of tropical fish and so on.
In Australia it is illegal to feed wild dolphins or for a swimmer to approach within thirty metres of them.
His artsy-craftsy zoo has a wide range of snakes, alligators, canines, dinosaurs, kangaroos, horses, dolphins, apes, chimpanzees et al.
Charles hurriedly had his friends assist him in launching his rowing skiff and went after the dolphins.
Written by former Ministry of Education CEO Clive Borely, the book Carlton and the Dolphin and Tilly the Turtle is a reversible, hardcover publication.
I am writing to appeal to readers not to visit dolphinariums when on holiday abroad.
The building boasts terraces of greenery, a dolphinarium, hotel, and vacation properties. Emily Pilloton | Inhabitat
It was a dorado or dolphin fish, a voracious predator which feeds mostly on flying fish.
Court broiderer, with cross-keys; John Morstowe, the luminer, or illuminator of books, with a rose; Lionel de Ferre, the French baker, with a vine; Herman Goldsmith, the Court goldsmith, who bore a dolphin; The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century
Well, these aquarium dolphins were moved inland from the coast to a hotel pool last night in Gulf Port, Mississippi.
Our streams and rivers teem with crocodiles, gharials and a large variety of fish, turtles and dolphins.
To be surrounded by dozens of squawking, hissing sea birds with 10 ft wingspans was one thing, but add to that a pod of 600 acrobatic dusky dolphins and you had a wildlife spectacle to rival anything on earth.
They cynically tried to trade off a reduction in the slaughter of dolphins against a resumption of commercial whaling.
Being out at sea and seeing whales and dolphins in their natural habitat was amazing. The Sun
But we're assured dolphin is a kind of Bajan fish not dissimilar to tuna.
Great video clips help children solve problems, including using non - standard units of measurement to weigh whales and dolphins.
It was a somewhat nostalgic day for the Dolphin Swimming Club when the held their gala in the Portlaoise Swimming Pool last week.
Two hours north by air is Shark Bay airport, the gateway to a World Heritage area and the Monkey Mia Dolphin Resort, which offers so much more than just swish hotels and room service.
Now it transpires that dolphins are also capable of self-sacrifice and altruism, which hitherto had belonged only in the realm of myth. Times, Sunday Times
On each side a jumping dolphin had been airbrushed beautifully along the groove of the helmet.
Instead, at least in its opening bars, the song of the Green Dolphin chirrups along like the opening animation of The Donna Reed Show.
Similar to the patterns on humpback whale flukes, unique markings on the dolphins' dorsal fins allow for individual identification.
Fast forward now to a Thursday session at ideacity we are introduced to the space age Dr. Doolittle, who just may be very close to talking to possibly the most intelligent, caring animals on our threatened planet, dolphins, Diana Reiss, a cogitative psychologist at Hunter College in New York and the National Aquarium, Baltimore. Raymond Heard: In the Beginning, the Idea, the Word, Then Babble
In Australia, bottlenose dolphins place sponges over their snouts as protection from the spines of stonefish and stingrays as they forage over shallow seabeds.
Inside the thick envelope was a card showing a school of dolphins from above, surfacing through crystal water.
A dolphin leapt from the water, the drops of water sparkling and glittering.
They say that swimming with dolphins can relieve deep-seated mental and nervous tensions - for some it might be hard to believe. THREE KINDS OF KISSING - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES
While the work may be photorealistic, my goal is to make the scenes romantic, make the dolphins look like a family.
The way the tiger restores forest ecosystems, the snow leopard restores mountain ecosystems, and the Gangetic dolphin restores waters in the rivers, in the same way the cheetah will restore our grasslands. India approves plans to reintroduce cheetah
Yet it's hard to argue when one stands in its presence: The car's obsidian aluminum body Mr. Lauren changed the color from blue seems to leap over itself in a cavort of harmonies and symmetries, the fenders and arched roofline like black dolphins breeching and leaping. A Man Driven to Distraction
At the foot of the cliffs, several species of dolphin cavort in the waves, regularly spotted by visitors from small boats. St Helena: a voyage of discovery
Romano-British floor mosaic, featuring an elaborate design of four octagons and canthari and dolphins.
This arguably is the highlight of the videogram as it has the most beautiful footage of Olivia swimming with the dolphins.
The role of ‘acoustic fat’ is best known for dolphins, where it is found only in the mandibular channel and the melon.
Scientists have observed a dolphin trying to get a reluctant moray eel to come out of its crevice by poking it with the spiny body of a dead scorpionfish.
One of more than thirty dolphin species worldwide, the bottlenose is the most common species in the coastal waters of the southeastern United States.
“Laughter,” Pelagia greeted the white dolphin swimming before her, and indeed the old one seemed about to float away on a current of her own mirth. The Grace of the Foolish « A Fly in Amber
This environmentally protected area is home to turtles, crabs, dolphins, and alligators.
Dolphins sometimes play in the wake of the boats.
The knowledge the researchers gain about bat sonar is tested out on dolphins and applied to human sonar systems.
The Indus River dolphin, the Baluchistan bear, the Suleiman markhor, Hotson's long-tailed hamster, and the Central Asian cobra are classified as endangered. Baluchistan xeric woodlands
Once again, as at Marineland, Jeff could interact with the dolphins and find affection in return. Little did he dream how severely his love would be tested.
The spinner dolphins that had followed the boat out were not to be seen; instead there were unicornfish, clouds of snappers, fusiliers and the odd trunkfish.
Dolphins, porpoises and even minke whales have all been sighted, while the grey seal colony is always entertaining.
As before a dolphin of huge maw fly other fish and fill the nooks of some fair-havened bay, in terror, for he devoureth amain whichsoever of them he may catch; so along the channels of that dread stream the Trojans crouched beneath the precipitous sides. The Iliad
Evidence for the scheme was said to have been discovered when a model of a dolphin wearing a parachute harness was unearthed at a Russian military installation. Times, Sunday Times
P.O. Dolphin’s Barn: the transliterated name and address of the addresser of the 3 letters in reversed alphabetic boustrophedonic punctated quadrilinear cryptogram (vowels suppressed) N. IGS. Ulysses
The proposal appears to apply in principle to virtually any species except bowheads and blue whales, though in practice I think the government is more interested in assessing stocks of fins, humpbacks, pilot whales and several dolphins.
This dolphin later turned up in Grace Bay in 1980 and demonstrated a natural affinity with people.
The Garden is in forme as Mr Ruth's first flatt, but Larger, wth a Larger fountaine, walled in wth ffree stone, a pedistal wth Little Cupids and Dolphins and shells on wch are Images, and on ye top a Crown made all to spout out water. Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary
The pleasure and satisfaction of belonging to one of the world's leading whale and dolphin conservation groups.
It requires them to appear before the commissioners at the Dolphin Inn, in Ely, on the 25th of the then instant January, to produce before the commissioners a true account "of the monies, fines, rents, and profits by you and every of you and your predecessors feoffees receaved out of the lands given by one Parsons for the benefitt of the inhabitants of Ely for 16 years past," &c. Notes and Queries, Number 29, May 18, 1850
If I eat any more tins of tuna fish, I'm going to turn into a dolphin.
A FISH called a tunny, being pursued by a dolphin, and driven with great violence, not minding which way he went, was thrown by the force of the waves upon a rock, and left there. Original Acrostics on all the States and Presidents of the United States, and Various Other Subjects, Religious, Political, and Personal
And don't leave without seeing the dolphin show. The Sun
Then rent a sea kayak, explore the hidden lagoons and bays around the island, and paddle alongside otters and dolphins. Times, Sunday Times
The severest human impact on the dolphins has been the loss of habitat.
Like Majorca, the sea around Menorca abounds with shoaling barracuda, amberjack, dentex and dolphins.
The injury occurred on the same day the Maktoum family's Godolphin Racing operation retired dual French classic winner Shamardal due to a fetlock injury.
The 17 sea mammals on gruesome display included porpoises, white dolphins, common dolphins, aa pilot whale, a beaked whale and a pilot whale.
The lower tier of the fountain had intertwined dolphin supports and was raised on a finely cast foliate stem.
We saw at least ten playful dolphins ducking and diving around our boat. The Sun
New regulations in this country in 1990 made it almost impossible to keep captive dolphins and whales. Times, Sunday Times
Each cycle of the arms should be accompanied by two dolphin kicks. Times, Sunday Times
It was true sunshine; the true music; the true plash of the fountains from the mouth of stone dolphins.
The problem of this hypothesis is that it requires the river dolphins of the Amazon, Ganges, Yangtze, etc. to all be autochthonous and essentially unrelated, since those river systems are separated by good span of geography.
In the Marine Center (World), I saw sharks, dolphins, infaunas, and benthonic plants. ...
Dolphins and porpoises are examples of odontocetes, as are belugas, narwhals, killer whales, sperm whales, and beaked whales.
Dolphins sometimes play in the wake of the boats.
Dolphins weave between the stars above us. So peaceful down her, so soothing.
When curious dolphins swim around the boat, the team launches an inflatable boat.
A dolphin leapt out of the water.
The dolphin had made this little jaunt merely for the fun of it. Times, Sunday Times
Many dolphins are accidentally killed through entanglement with fishing equipment.
Apart from the whales, it's a certainty you'll see dolphins galore.
As I lie in the ponga skimming across the water, dolphins were jumping along the side of the boat. Mise-en-scène - French Word-A-Day
Blake's mathematical models predict that dolphins, killer whales and even some penguins can porpoise.
International treaties prohibit the trade of killer whales - which are actually classified as oceangoing dolphins - without difficult-to-obtain exemption permits. SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter
Our streams and rivers teem with crocodiles, gharials and a large variety of fish, turtles and dolphins.
Whales are often sighted in the early part of the year and we were lucky enough to spot schools of dolphins on the surface.
Certain living marine animals - the speedy, open-water dolphins, lamnid sharks [Great white and relatives] and scombroid fishes [the tuna-mackerel group] - possess the ichthyosaur body shape and surely move in an ichthyosaur-like way. Archive 2006-09-01
The main target is striped dolphin, because it is the easiest to capture.

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