cetacean
Pertaining to the zoologic infraorder Cetacea, or associated with species falling…Pertaining to the zoologic infraorder Cetacea, or associated with species falling under that taxonomic hierarchy.
» All cetaceans give birth to live offspring.
Meaning
2 sensesPertaining to the zoologic infraorder Cetacea, or associated with species falling under that taxonomic hierarchy.
The poached blubber was definitely cetacean in origin, but the particular species could not be identified.
(broadly, figuratively, sometimes)Resembling or relating to large aquatic mammals.
The obese woman, ungainly on land, moved with a kind of cetacean grace in the water.
- of or relating to whales and dolphins etc
Examples
5 sentencesAll cetaceans give birth to live offspring.
Cetaceans are an order of marine mammals.
ruКитообразные - это отряд водных млекопитающих. — marafon
Whales and dolphins are cetaceans.
ruКиты и дельфины - китообразные. — marafon
Cetaceans live underwater.
ruКитообразные живут под водой. — marafon
Cetaceans are thought to use Earth's magnetic field to navigate.
Origin
From translingual Cetacea, from Latin cētus (“whale”), + -an.From translingual Cetacea, from Latin cētus (“whale”), + -an.
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Forms
more cetacean, most cetacean| Comparative | more cetacean Lesson |
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| Superlative | most cetacean Lesson |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form