cetacea (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Cetacea*:
NOUN	animal	Cetacea, order Cetacea	an order of Eutheria

English > *Cetacea*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	An order of Eutheria.
Synonym	order Cetacea
Member of	Eutheria, subclass Eutheria	All mammals except monotremes and marsupials
Members	Monodontidae, family Monodontidae	narwhals
	Mysticeti, suborder Mysticeti	baleen whales
	Odontoceti, suborder Odontoceti	toothed whales
	cetacean, cetacean mammal, blower	large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including
Broader	animal order	The order of animals
Spanish	Cetáceo, cetáceos
Catalan	Cetacea, Cetaci, cetacis
Adjectives	cetacean, cetaceous	of or relating to whales and dolphins etc

HyperDic: cetacea