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Cetacean

//sɪˈteɪʃən// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to the zoologic infraorder 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."

  2. 2
    Resembling or relating to large aquatic mammals. broadly, figuratively, sometimes

    "The obese woman, ungainly on land, moved with a kind of cetacean grace in the water."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to whales and dolphins etc wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea, including dolphins, porpoises, and whales.

    "The tour promised spiritual experiences with humpback whales and other cetaceans, but all we saw were seagulls and a dead sea otter."

  2. 2
    large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales, dolphins, porpoises, narwhals wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From translingual Cetacea, from Latin cētus (“whale”), + -an.

Etymology 2

From translingual Cetacea, from Latin cētus (“whale”), + -an.

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