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 |
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Member of | Cetacea, order Cetacea | An order of Eutheria |
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pod | A group of aquatic mammals |
Parts | blowhole | The spiracle of a cetacean located far back on the skull |
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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 |
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Broader | aquatic mammal | whales and dolphins |
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Spanish | cetáceo, cetáceos |
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Catalan | cetaci |
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Adjectives | cetacean | of or relating to whales and dolphins etc |
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