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delphinestrian (del-fi-NES-tree-uhn) - n., a dolphin rider.


Applies more to statuary than to people, but thanks to a story related by Pliny the Elder about a boy who trained a dolphin to carry him to school every day. Modeled after equestrian and pedestrian and so on.

A delphinestrian at a show
Thanks, Steven Depolo/Flickr!

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