cetacean
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ʃən adjective
1.
belonging to the Cetacea, an order of aquatic, chiefly marine mammals, including the whales and dolphins.
noun
2.
a cetacean mammal.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | 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 | |
| 2. | a whale |
| [C19: from New Latin Cētācea, ultimately from Latin cētus whale, from Greek kētos] | |
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Word Origin & History
cetacean
1836, from cetacea (1830), order of marine mammals, Mod.L., from L. cetus, from Gk. ketos "whale."
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cetacean  (sĭ-tā'shən) Pronunciation Key
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. |
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Example sentences
Fish otoliths in cetacean stomachs and their importance in interpreting feeding habits.
My research focuses on cetacean life history and population structure.
Though less studied, cetacean matriarchs may shepherd kin to lush feeding grounds along migration routes.
Application of photogrammetric methods for locating and tracking cetacean movements at sea.
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