NOUN | animal | cetacean, cetacean mammal, blower | large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including |
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ADJECTIVE | pert | cetacean, cetaceous | of or relating to whales and dolphins etc |
Sounds | sihtey'shahn; siytey'shahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | Of or relating to whales and dolphins etc. | |
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Synonym | cetaceous | |
Spanish | cetáceo, cetáseo | |
Nouns | Cetacea | an order of Eutheria |
cetacean | large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including |
Meaning | large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals. | |
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Synonyms | cetacean mammal, blower | |
Member of | Cetacea, order Cetacea | An order of Eutheria |
pod | A group of aquatic mammals | |
Parts | blowhole | The spiracle of a cetacean located far back on the skull |
fluke | Either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean | |
Narrower | whale | Any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head |
Broader | aquatic mammal | whales and dolphins |
Spanish | cetáceo, cetáceos | |
Catalan | cetaci | |
Adjectives | cetacean | of or relating to whales and dolphins etc |
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