cetacean

[ si-tey-shuhn ]

/ sɪˈteɪ ʃən /

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adjective

belonging to the Cetacea, an order of aquatic, chiefly marine mammals, including the whales and dolphins.

noun

a cetacean mammal.

Origin of cetacean

1830–40; <New Latin Cetace(a) name of the order (see cet-, -acea) + -an

OTHER WORDS FROM cetacean

ce·ta·ceous, adjective

Words nearby cetacean

cestus, cesura, cet-, CETA, Cetacaine, cetacean, cetaceum, cetane, cetane number, Cetatea Albă, cete

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Example sentences from the Web for cetacean

Whatever their causes, however, cetacean strandings usually attract crowds and elicit much public interest and sympathy.
Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic|Stephen Leatherwood
There are as many as seventeen or eighteen dorsal vertebrae, the largest number in any Cetacean as far as is known.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers Beddard
One must harpoon him like a cetacean with questions to make him talk at all.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index|Various
Cuvier has established, among the cetacean fossils, a particular genus, which he designates under the name of Ziphius.
The World Before the Deluge|Louis Figuier

Dissection of a small Cetacean sent to me from Orkney in the month of May 1835.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3|Various

British Dictionary definitions for cetacean

cetacean

/ (sɪˈteɪʃən) /

adjective Also: cetaceous

of, relating to, or belonging to the Cetacea, an order of aquatic placental mammals having no hind limbs and a blowhole for breathing: includes toothed whales (dolphins, porpoises, etc) and whalebone whales (rorquals, right whales, etc)

noun

a whale

Word Origin for cetacean

C19: from New Latin Cētācea, ultimately from Latin cētus whale, from Greek kētos

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for cetacean

cetacean

[ sĭ-tā′shən ]

Any of various, often very large aquatic mammals of the order Cetacea, having a hairless body that resembles that of a fish. Cetaceans have an elongated skull, a flat, horizontal tail, forelimbs modified into broad flippers, and no hind limbs. They breathe through blowholes located usually at the top of the skull. Whales, dolphins, and porpoises are cetaceans. See more at baleen whale toothed whale.

单词	cetacean
释义	cetacean [ si-tey-shuhn ] / sɪˈteɪ ʃən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR cetacean ON THESAURUS.COM adjective belonging to the Cetacea, an order of aquatic, chiefly marine mammals, including the whales and dolphins. noun a cetacean mammal. Origin of cetacean 1830–40; <New Latin Cetace(a) name of the order (see cet-, -acea) + -an OTHER WORDS FROM cetacean ce·ta·ceous, adjective Words nearby cetacean cestus, cesura, cet-, CETA, Cetacaine, cetacean, cetaceum, cetane, cetane number, Cetatea Albă, cete Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cetacean Whatever their causes, however, cetacean strandings usually attract crowds and elicit much public interest and sympathy. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic\|Stephen Leatherwood There are as many as seventeen or eighteen dorsal vertebrae, the largest number in any Cetacean as far as is known. The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia\|Frank Evers Beddard One must harpoon him like a cetacean with questions to make him talk at all. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index\|Various Cuvier has established, among the cetacean fossils, a particular genus, which he designates under the name of Ziphius. The World Before the Deluge\|Louis Figuier Dissection of a small Cetacean sent to me from Orkney in the month of May 1835. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3\|Various British Dictionary definitions for cetacean cetacean / (sɪˈteɪʃən) / adjective Also: cetaceous of, relating to, or belonging to the Cetacea, an order of aquatic placental mammals having no hind limbs and a blowhole for breathing: includes toothed whales (dolphins, porpoises, etc) and whalebone whales (rorquals, right whales, etc) noun a whale Word Origin for cetacean C19: from New Latin Cētācea, ultimately from Latin cētus whale, from Greek kētos Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to cetacean mammal, whale, grampus, narwal, dolphin, beluga, porpoise, orca, cete Scientific definitions for cetacean cetacean [ sĭ-tā′shən ] Any of various, often very large aquatic mammals of the order Cetacea, having a hairless body that resembles that of a fish. Cetaceans have an elongated skull, a flat, horizontal tail, forelimbs modified into broad flippers, and no hind limbs. They breathe through blowholes located usually at the top of the skull. Whales, dolphins, and porpoises are cetaceans. See more at baleen whale toothed whale. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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cetacean

adjective

noun

Origin of cetacean

OTHER WORDS FROM cetacean

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British Dictionary definitions for cetacean

adjective Also: cetaceous

noun

Word Origin for cetacean

Words related to cetacean

Scientific definitions for cetacean