| NOUN | animal | cetacean mammal, cetacean, blower | large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including |
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| Meaning | large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals. | |
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| Synonyms | cetacean, 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 | |
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