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cetacean, a. and n. Zool.|sɪˈteɪʃ(ɪ)ən|
[f. prec. + -an (see -acean), forming a sing. to prec.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the Cetacea.
1850Dana Geol. App. i. 722 Fragments of other cetacean bones. 1851D. Wilson Preh. Ann. (1863) I. ii. 49 The cetacean remains lay above the highest tide level.
B. n. An animal belonging to the Cetacea (to which word this supplies a singular).
1836Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 562/2 The horizontal position of the tail-fin at once distinguishes the cetacean from the fish. |