cetacean
A marine mammal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea, including dolphins, porpoises,…A marine mammal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea, including dolphins, porpoises, and whales, characterized by a streamlined body, one or two blowholes, tail flukes, and fin-like forelimbs without hind limbs.
» All cetaceans give birth to live offspring.
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1 sensesA marine mammal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea, including dolphins, porpoises, and whales, characterized by a streamlined body, one or two blowholes, tail flukes, and fin-like forelimbs without hind limbs.
The tour promised spiritual experiences with humpback whales and other cetaceans, but all we saw were seagulls and a dead sea otter.
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китообра́зныйkitoobráznyj, кито́выйkitóvyj
large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales, dolphins, porpoises, narwhals
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.
Translations
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Origin
From translingual Cetacea, from Latin cētus (“whale”), + -an.From translingual Cetacea, from Latin cētus (“whale”), + -an.
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Forms
plural: cetaceansSynonyms
3 synonyms- large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales, dolphins, porpoises, narwhals:cetacean mammalblower
Word family
3 related wordsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.