cetacean

ce·ta·cean

C0218600 (sĭ-tā′shən)n. Any of various marine mammals of the order Cetacea, including the whales, dolphins, and porpoises, having the general shape of a fish with forelimbs modified to form flippers, a tail with horizontal flukes, and one or two blowholes for breathing.

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[From New Latin Cētācea, order name, from Latin cētus, whale; see Cetus.]

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ce·ta′cean, ce·ta′ceous (-shəs) adj.

cetacean

(sɪˈteɪʃən) adj (Animals) 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)n (Animals) a whale[C19: from New Latin Cētācea, ultimately from Latin cētus whale, from Greek kētos]

ce•ta•cean

(sɪˈteɪ ʃən)

adj. 1. belonging to the Cetacea, an order of aquatic, chiefly marine mammals, including the whales and dolphins. n. 2. a cetacean mammal. [1830–40; < New Latin Cetace(a) (Latin cēt(us) whale, cetacean (< Greek kêtos)] ce•ta′ceous, adj.

ce·ta·cean

(sĭ-tā′shən) Any of various, often very large marine mammals having an almost hairless body that resembles that of a fish. Cetaceans have a flat, horizontal tail and forelimbs modified into broad flippers. Whales, dolphins, and porpoises are cetaceans.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cetacean - large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhalscetacean mammal, bloweraquatic mammal - whales and dolphins; manatees and dugongs; walruses; sealsCetacea, order Cetacea - an order of Eutheriawhale - any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the headfluke - either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetaceanblowhole - the spiracle of a cetacean located far back on the skullpod - a group of aquatic mammals
Adj.	1.	cetacean - of or relating to whales and dolphins etccetaceous

Translations

κήτος