dolphinkind

English

Etymology

From dolphin +‎ -kind.

Noun

dolphinkind (uncountable)

1. (rare) Dolphins collectively.
   • 1974, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 233, page 7:

     […] 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.

   • 1995, Patricia Levy, Direct from Southwest Ireland: Kerry and West Cork, page 179:

     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.

   • 2002, Anne McCaffrey, The Dolphins of Pern‎^[1], page 4:

     The Tillek said those points were the spaceships that had brought humankind and dolphinkind to Pern.