cetacean
Meanings
Plural: cetaceans
Noun
- large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals
- An animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea, including dolphins, porpoises, and whales.
Adjective
- of or relating to whales and dolphins etc
Adj
- Pertaining to the zoologic infraorder Cetacea, or associated with species falling under that taxonomic hierarchy.
- Resembling or relating to large aquatic mammals.
Origin / Etymology
From translingual Cetacea, from Latin cētus (“whale”), + -an.
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