Dolphin A dolphin is an aquatic mammal within the infraorder Cetacea. Dolphin species belong to the families Delphinidae (the oceanic dolphins), Platanistidae (the Indian river dolphins), Iniidae (the New World river dolphins), Pontoporiidae (the ...

is a common name of aquatic mammals within the infraorder Cetacea. Dolphin, Dolphins, The Dolphin or The Dolphins may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Film

* ''Dolphins'' (2000 film), an IMAX documentary * ''The Dolphins'' (film), a 2014 comedy-drama feature film

Literature

* ''The Dolphin'' (student publication), a publication of John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University *''The Dolphin'', a 1973 book of poems by

Robert Lowell Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV (; March 1, 1917 – September 12, 1977) was an American poet. He was born into a Boston Brahmin family that could trace its origins back to the ''Mayflower''. His family, past and present, were important subjects i ...

The Dolphin (fairy tale) The Dolphin is a French literary fairy tale by Madame d'Aulnoy. Another literary tale of this type is Giambattista Basile's older Peruonto. A folk variant is the French Half-Man. Synopsis A king and queen had several children, but loved them on ...

, a French literary fairy tale by Madame d'Aulnoy

Music

* Dolphin Stradivarius, a violin built by Antonio Stradivari in 1714 * Dolphin (musician), Russian hip hop artist Andrey Vyacheslavovich Lysikov (born 1971) *"The Dolphin", a jazz standard composed by

Luiz Eça Luiz Mainzi da Cunha Eça (April 3, 1936 – May 24, 1992) was a samba and bossa nova pianist from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, who was a member of the Tamba Trio with Helcio Milito and Bebeto Castilho. Trained as a classical pianist, Eça create ...

The Dolphins The Dolphins were an American fusion band founded 1987 in New York. The band consisted of Mike DeMicco (guitar), Vinnie Martucci (keyboard), Rob Leon (bass guitar), and Dan Brubeck (drums and percussion), a son of the jazz pianist Dave Brubeck ...

", a 1966 single by Fred Neil * ''The Dolphin'' (album), by Stan Getz, 1981 *"Dolphin", a song from the 1970 album ''

Parallelograms In Euclidean geometry, a parallelogram is a simple (non- self-intersecting) quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides. The opposite or facing sides of a parallelogram are of equal length and the opposite angles of a parallelogram are of equa ...

'' by Linda Perhacs *"Dolphin", a song from the 1994 album ''

Change Giver ''Change Giver'' is the debut album by British rock band Shed Seven, released via Polydor Records on 5 September 1994. It was produced by Jessica Corcoran and was issued during the formative year of the Britpop movement—a scene that dominated ...

'' by Shed Seven *"Dolphin", a song from the 1995 album ''

The Gold Experience ''The Gold Experience'' is the seventeenth studio album by American singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Prince. It was credited to his stage name at the time, an unpronounceable symbol (shown on the album cover), also known as ...

'' by Prince *"Dolphin", a song from the 2019 album ''

Buoys A buoy () is a floating device that can have many purposes. It can be anchored (stationary) or allowed to drift with ocean currents. Types Navigational buoys * Race course marker buoys are used for buoy racing, the most prevalent form of yac ...

'' by Panda Bear *"Dolphins", a song from the 2005 album '' Black & White 050505'' by Simple Minds

Other uses in arts and entertainment

Dolphin (character) Dolphin is a fictional character, a superheroine in the DC Comics DC Universe, universe. Created by writer-artist Jay Scott Pike, she debuted in ''Showcase (comics), Showcase'' #79 (December 1968). Fictional character biography Dolphin was a very ...

, a DC Comics superheroine * ''Dolphin'' (video game), a 1983 Atari 2600 video game * ''Dolphins'' (M. C. Escher), a 1923 woodcut print

Businesses

* Dolphin Air, a charter airline based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates *

Dolphin Cruise Line Dolphin Cruise Line was a cruise line that owned a fleet of ships such as the , , and SS IslandBreeze. In 1997, it was bought out by Premier Cruise Line, and the remaining 3 ships kept their names, but were painted in Premier Cruise Line's liv ...

, based in Greece *

Dolphin Energy Dolphin Energy is a gas company of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It was established in March 1999 by the Government of Abu Dhabi. As of today, Dolphin Energy is owned by Mubadala Development Company, on behalf of the Government of Abu Dhabi, ( ...

, an Abu Dhabi gas company *

Dolphin Gas Project The Dolphin Gas Project is the natural gas project of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman. It is the Gulf Cooperation Council's first cross-border refined gas transmission project and the largest energy-related venture ever undertaken in the r ...

, a GCC gas project * Dolphin Hotel (disambiguation), the name of several establishments *

Dolphin Inn, Plymouth The Dolphin Hotel is a pub on the Barbican in Plymouth, England. The building, which is known as the Dolphin Hotel (never the Dolphin Inn) is a Grade II listed building. It notable as the setting of several of the artist Beryl Cook's paintings.I ...

, UK * The Dolphin, Hackney, London, UK *

Dolphin Interconnect Solutions Dolphin Interconnect Solutions is a privately held manufacturer of high-speed data communication systems headquartered in Oslo, Norway and Woodsville, New Hampshire, USA. The technology of Dolphin was based on development work at Norsk Data d ...

, a manufacturer of high speed data communication systems * Dolphin Music, an online retailer of musical instruments and recording equipment *''

Byford Dolphin ''Byford Dolphin'' was a semi-submersible, column-stabilised drilling rig operated by Dolphin Drilling, a Fred Olsen Energy subsidiary. It drilled seasonally for various companies in the United Kingdom, Danish and Norwegian sectors of the Nort ...

'', a drilling rig *

Dolphin Mall Dolphin Mall is a outlet shopping mall in Sweetwater, Miami-Dade County, Florida, west of the city of Miami. There are over 240 retail outlets and name-brand discounters as anchors. The mall opened in March 2001, the first of four Taubman Center ...

, in Miami, Florida, US *

Walt Disney World Dolphin The Walt Disney World Dolphin is a resort hotel located between Epcot and Disney's Hollywood Studios in the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida. It is the sister resort of the Walt Disney World Swan. Both hotels were designed by Michae ...

, a hotel resort in Florida, US

Computing

Dolphin (emulator) Dolphin is a free and open-source video game console emulator for GameCube and Wii that runs on Windows, Linux, MacOS, Android, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S. It had its inaugural release in 2003 as freeware for Windows. Dolphin w ...

, an open-source GameCube and Wii emulator *

Dolphin (file manager) Dolphin is a free and open source file manager included in the KDE Applications bundle. Dolphin became the default file manager of the KDE Plasma desktop environments in the fourth iteration, termed KDE Software Compilation 4. It can also be o ...

, an open source file manager * Dolphin Browser, a web browser for Android mobile devices *Dolphin, the codename for the Nintendo

GameCube The is a home video game console developed and released by Nintendo in Japan on September 14, 2001, in North America on November 18, 2001, and in PAL territories in 2002. It is the successor to the Nintendo 64 (1996), and predecessor of the Wii ...

Military

Aviation

Sopwith Dolphin The Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin was a British fighter aircraft manufactured by the Sopwith Aviation Company. It was used by the Royal Flying Corps and its successor, the Royal Air Force, during the World War I, First World War. The Dolphin entered se ...

, a British First World War fighter plane

Navy

*, several ships of the Royal Navy *, several ships of the U.S. Navy *, of the Israeli Navy *''Dolphin'', one of the

Queensland Maritime Defence Force Auxiliary Gunboats After the formation of the Queensland Maritime Defence Force in 1884, the colonial government purchased two gunboats and a torpedo boat to equip the new force. However, given the number of ports along the Queensland coast it was realised that a ...

Dolphin (weapon) A dolphin was an ancient naval weapon carried by Greek galleys. Essentially a weaponized anchor, the dolphin was a shaped heavy weight which would be flung or dropped onto an enemy boat to attempt to breach the hull. Use The dolphin was fastened t ...

, an ancient naval ramming weapon * "Dolphins", the common name for

Submarine Warfare insignia The Submarine Warfare Insignia (usually known as '"Dolphins"') are worn by qualified submariners. Australia In the Royal Australian Navy Submarine Service, sailors who qualify as submariners are awarded a badge depicting two dolphins and a cr ...

People

* Dolphin (surname), including a list of people with the name * Dolphin D. Overton (1926–2013), US Air Force Korean War flying ace

Places

* Dolphin, Virginia, US, an unincorporated community * Dolphin, Washington, US, an unincorporated community *

Dolphin Township, Knox County, Nebraska Dolphin Township is a Township (United States), township (one of 30) in Knox County, Nebraska, Knox County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 128 at the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census. A 2022 estimate placed the township's popul ...

, US * Dolphin Town, Isles of Scilly, England, a hamlet *Dolphin, Flintshire, a village in the community of

Brynford Brynford ( cy, Brynffordd) is a village and community in Flintshire, Wales. It is located to the south west of the town of Holywell and near the A55 road (North Wales Expressway). Brynford had a population of 1,059 at the 2011 census. St Mic ...

, Wales *

Cape Dolphin Cape Dolphin (Spanish: "Cabo Leal") is the most northerly point on East Falkland, Falkland Islands. It is the most northerly point of the two main islands, East and West Falkland, but many of the smaller islands, such as the Jason Islands The ...

, Falkland Islands * Dolphin Island (disambiguation), including a list of islands in various countries * Dolphin Lighthouse, off the coast of Mumbai, India * Dolphin Square, a large London apartment block, UK

Sports

* Australian Swim Team, nicknamed the Dolphins *

Daikyo Dolphins The Daikyo Dolphins were formerly the Gold Coast Clippers, a foundation team in the now defunct Australian Baseball League. The Clippers changed their name to the Daikyo Dolphins following the signing of a major sponsorship deal with Japanese re ...

, a member of the defunct Australian Baseball League *

Dolphin F.C. (Dublin) Dolphin Football Club was an Irish association football club, originally based in the Dublin suburb of Dolphin's Barn. History Dolphin was formed by a group of butchers in 1921, the same year the League of Ireland was founded. These founder ...

, a former Irish football team *

Dolphin RFC Dolphin Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club in Cork. It was founded in 1902, by members of Dolphin Swimming Club seeking to find a wintertime activity. They play in Division 2A of the All-Ireland League. Former Irish Coach, Declan Kidn ...

, an Irish rugby union team based in Cork * Dolphins BC, a basketball club in Botswana *

Dolphins F.C. (Port Harcourt) Dolphin Football Club was a Nigerian football team based in Port Harcourt. History The club was known until 2001 as Eagle Cement FC. In 2004–05 the team placed 6th in the Nigerian Premier League. Representing their country in the 2005 CAF Con ...

, a Nigerian football team *

Dolphins United F.C. Dolphins United Football Club is an association football club based in the Philippines. History Dolphins United Football Club (formerly PCU Alumni Football Club) is a football organization based in National Capital Region, founded by alumnus of ...

, a football club in the Philippines *

Dolphins (cricket team) The Hollywoodbets Dolphins are a cricket team representing the KwaZulu-Natal (Coastal) province in South Africa. They take part in the CSA 4-Day Series first-class competition, the Momentum One-Day Cup and the Mzansi Super League T20 compe ...

, the KwaZulu Natal cricket team in South Africa *

Dolphins (NRL) The Dolphins are a professional rugby league football team based in the Redcliffe Peninsula area of the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, that competes in the Australian National Rugby League (NRL). Launched as a bid for inclusion into the NRL b ...

, a professional rugby league team based in Queensland, Australia * Dräger Dolphin, a recreational rebreather *

Frankston Football Club Frankston Football Club, nicknamed the ''Dolphins'', is an Australian rules football club based in Frankston, Victoria, Frankston, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. The club, formed in 1887, has played in the Victorian Football League, Victoria ...

, nicknamed The Dolphins, an Australian rules football club * Jacksonville Dolphins, Jacksonville University's athletic teams *

Karachi Dolphins The Karachi Dolphins was a limited overs cricket team based in Karachi which played in National One-day Championship and domestic Twenty20. The Dolphins' home ground was National Stadium in Karachi's north end. The Dolphins were considered one ...

, a Pakistani cricket team *

Miami Dolphins The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami metropolitan area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member team of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team pla ...

, a professional American football team in the National Football League * Nagoya Diamond Dolphins, a Japanese basketball team *

Norrköping Dolphins The Norrköping Dolphins are a professional basketball club from Norrköping, Sweden. It plays in the Basketligan, the highest league in Sweden and won the league six times. Home games of Norrköping are played at the Stadium Arena. History Th ...

, a professional Swedish basketball club *

Paderborn Dolphins The Paderborn Dolphins are an American football team from Paderborn, Germany. The club's greatest success has been promotion, in 1997, to the American football Bundesliga, now the German Football League, where it played for two seasons until 1999 ...

, an American football club from Paderborn, Germany * PCU Dolphins, the senior athletic teams of Philippine Christian University *

Redcliffe Dolphins The Redcliffe Dolphins are a semi-professional rugby league club based in Redcliffe, Queensland, Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia. Founded in 1947, they were accepted into the Brisbane Rugby League premiership (rugby league competition), Brisba ...

, Australian rugby league team *

Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Dolphins FC Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Dolphin was a South Korean football club based in the city of Ulsan. They competed in the National League between 2003 and 2016. They were owned and operated by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard and played their home games at Ulsan ...

, a South Korean football team

Transportation

Aircraft

De Havilland Dolphin The de Havilland DH.92 Dolphin was a 1930s British prototype light biplane airliner designed and built by the de Havilland aircraft company.Jackson 1978, p.385-7Jackson 1973, p 382 Design and development The Dolphin was designed as a modernise ...

, a 1930s British prototype light biplane *

Eurocopter MH-65 Dolphin The Eurocopter MH-65 Dolphin is a twin-engined helicopter operated by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) for medevac-capable search and rescue (SAR) and armed Airborne Use of Force missions. It is a variant of the French-built Eurocopter AS3 ...

, a helicopter used by the United States Coast Guard

Automobiles

* Brilliance Dolphin, a 2014–2015 Chinese city car *

BYD Dolphin The BYD Dolphin is an all-electric subcompact hatchback produced by the Chinese manufacturer BYD Auto since 2021. It is due to be released as the EA1 and BYD Atto 2 outside of China. Overview During Auto Shanghai in April 2021, BYD presented a ...

, a 2021–present Chinese electric subcompact hatchback *

Karry Dolphin The Karry Dolphin is an electric light, commercial 4/5-door van designed and produced by the Chinese automaker Karry since 2019. Overview The Karry Dolphin EV was launched at the Vanke International Convention Center in Qianhai, Shenzhen on S ...

, a 2019–present Chinese electric commercial van * Sipani Dolphin, a 1982–1997 Indian subcompact hatchback

Watercraft

* ''Dolphin'' (1922 yacht), later HMCS ''Lynx'' *

Dolphin 15 Senior The Dolphin 15 Senior, sometimes referred to as just the Dolphin Senior, is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by brothers Glenn Corcoran and Murray Corcoran and first built in 1964.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats ...

, an American sailing dinghy design *

Douglas Dolphin The Douglas Dolphin is an American amphibious flying boat. While only 58 were built, they served a wide variety of roles including private air yacht, airliner, military transport, and search and rescue. Design and development The Dolphin origin ...

, a 1930s amphibious flying boat

Other

* Dolphin and Walrus (locomotives), of the Groudle Glen Railway, Isle of Man *

Florida State Road 836 The Dolphin East-West Expressway is a , six-lane, divided controlled-access highway, with the westernmost as an all-electronic tollway signed as State Road 836 (SR 836), and the easternmost between Interstate 95 (I-95) and SR A1A cosign ...

, known as the Dolphin Expressway

Other uses

* Dolphin School (disambiguation), various schools in several countries *

Dolphin (structure) A dolphin is a group of pilings arrayed together to serve variously as a protective hardpoint along a dock, in a waterway, or along a shore; as a means or point of stabilization of a dock, bridge, or similar structure; as a mooring point; and ...

, a man-made marine structure not connected to shore *

Dolphin shorts Dolphin shorts or Dolfins are a specific style of unisex shorts worn for athletics. Descriptions Dolphin shorts are a style of unisex shorts designed to be worn for athletics. They are typically very short and were originally made from nylon wi ...

or Dolfins, a style of unisex shorts for athletics * Typhoon Dolphin, the name of 3 tropical cyclones * ''Senecio'' 'Hippogriff', a houseplant known as "dolphin plant" because of the shape of its leaves * Dolphin, codename for