dolphinkind
nounEtymology From dolphin + -kind.
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Rare Dolphins collectively.
- […] 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:
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- 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: