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Via some other European language, ultimately a borrowing from Latindelphīnus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greekδελφίς(delphís), from δελφύς(delphús, “womb”).
delfīniem kā visiem vaļveidīgajiem ir vārpstas formas ķermenis ― dolphins, like all Cetaceans, have a spindle-shaped body
delfīna galvas smadzenes savas attīstības ziņā ir pārākas par visu, ko mēs pazīstam dzīvnieku pasaulē ― the dolphin's brain, as regards its development, is superior to everything we know in the animal realm
