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dolphin

The dolphin is an emblem of safe travel, as well as kindness and charity. Though the dolphin is now known to be a mammal and not a fish at all, older heralds considered it the king of fish, just as the lion was king of the beasts and the eagle was king of the birds. From the 13th century onwards the dolphin was the badge of the county of Dauphiné in France and was borne by the Dauphins who were styled lords of Auvergne. In the 14th century the title of Dauphin was adopted as the title of the eldest son of the King of France, so the charge was frequently found in the arms of the royal heir. The dolphin is always drawn curved or embowed, though a dolphin is in reality straight. It can be upright, swimming or even swallowing a fish.

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