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cetacean
[ si-tey-shuhn ]
adjective
- belonging to the Cetacea, an order of aquatic, chiefly marine mammals, including the whales and dolphins.
noun
- a cetacean mammal.
cetacean
/ ɪˈٱɪʃə /
adjective
- of, relating to, or belonging to the Cetacea, an order of aquatic placental mammals having no hind limbs and a blowhole for breathing: includes toothed whales (dolphins, porpoises, etc) and whalebone whales (rorquals, right whales, etc)
noun
- a whale
cetacean
/ ĭ-′ə /
- Any of various, often very large aquatic mammals of the order Cetacea, having a hairless body that resembles that of a fish. Cetaceans have an elongated skull, a flat, horizontal tail, forelimbs modified into broad flippers, and no hind limbs. They breathe through blowholes located usually at the top of the skull. Whales, dolphins, and porpoises are cetaceans.
- See more at baleen whale
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·ٲcdzܲ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cetacean1
Example Sentences
The area off Lincolnshire's coast is "a unique habitat for fish where seabirds and cetaceans feed" explained Mr Slater.
"I am convinced it pushed western society past the tipping point on the subject of captive cetaceans."
And it would benefit us, too, to stop wantonly crushing cetaceans with our boats.
In particular, cetaceans such as whales and dolphins are likely to be sensitive to the noises and increased marine traffic brought by these turbines.
According to the fossil record, cetaceans -- whales, dolphins and their relatives -- evolved from four-legged land mammals that returned to the oceans beginning some 50 million years ago.
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