dolphinkind

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noun

Dolphins collectively.

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Meanings

noundolphinkind (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableDolphins 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
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    […] 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

    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

Origin

From dolphin + -kind.

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