单词 | cetacean |
释义 | cetacean /si-tāˈshi-ən or -shən/noun and adjective(a member) of the order Cetacea of aquatic mammals having streamlined fish-like form, including the toothed whales, or Odontoceti (sperm whales, bottle-noses, dolphins, etc) and the baleen whales, or Mystacoceti (right whale, hump-backs, rorquals) ORIGIN: Gr kētos a sea-monster cetāˈceous adjective cete /sēt/ noun A whale or sea-monster cetolˈogy noun The study of whales |
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