Cetacean

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various aquatic, chiefly marine mammals of the order Cetacea, including the whales, dolphins, and porpoises, characterized by a nearly hairless body, anterior limbs modified into broad flippers, vestigial posterior limbs, and a flat notched tail.
  • adj. Of, relating to, or belonging to the order Cetacea.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Pertaining to the zoologic order Cetacea, or associated with species falling under that taxonomic hierarchy.
  • adj. More generally, relating to large aquatic mammals, either directly or by analogy.
  • n. An animal belonging to the order Cetacea, including dolphins, porpoises, and whales.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One of the Cetacea.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to the whale, or to the Cetacea.
  • n. An animal of the order Cete; a whale, or one of the whale kind.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of or relating to whales and dolphins etc
  • n. large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals
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