cetacean

Plural: cetaceans

Noun

• A marine mammal order including whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
• large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals
• An animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea, including dolphins, porpoises, and whales.

Adjective

• of or relating to whales and dolphins etc

Adj

• Pertaining to the zoologic infraorder Cetacea, or associated with species falling under that taxonomic hierarchy.
• Resembling or relating to large aquatic mammals.

Examples

• Playing CETACEAN for a bingo made a splash on the Words With Friends scoreboard.
• The obese woman, ungainly on land, moved with a kind of cetacean grace in the water.
• The poached blubber was definitely cetacean in origin, but the particular species could not be identified.
• The tour promised spiritual experiences with humpback whales and other cetaceans, but all we saw were seagulls and a dead sea otter.

Synonyms

blower, cetacean mammal, cetaceous

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