cetaceans

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plural of cetacean
cetacean
Pertaining to the zoologic order Cetacea, or associated with species falling under that taxonomic hierarchy

The poached blubber was definitely cetacean in origin, but the particular species could not be identified.

cetacean
A whale, dolphin or porpoise
cetacean
any member of the group of marine mammals that includes whales, dolphins and porpoises
cetacean
Cetaceans are animals such as whales, dolphins, and porpoises. a mammal that lives in the sea, such as a whale (cetus , from ketos). Any of the exclusively aquatic placental mammals constituting the order Cetacea. They are found in oceans worldwide and in some freshwater environments. Modern cetaceans are grouped in two suborders: about 70 species of toothed whales (Odontoceti) and 13 species of toothless baleen whales (Mysticeti). They have a tapered body, no external hind limbs, and a tail ending in a horizontal blade of two lobes, or flukes. Cetaceans must come to the water's surface to breathe through blowholes located on top of their head. See also whale
cetacean
More generally, relating to large aquatic mammals, either directly or by analogy
cetacean
- The ORDER of mammals that includes whales and dolphins
cetacean
An animal belonging to the order Cetacea, including dolphins, porpoises, and whales
cetacean
large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals of or relating to whales and dolphins etc
cetacean
of or relating to whales and dolphins etc
cetacean
{i} member of a family of marine mammals which includes dolphins and whales
cetacean
One of the Cetacea
cetacean
large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals
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