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Cetacea

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Formerly, the systematic name of animals of the whale kind in general, including the sirenians or herbivorous cetaceans and the cetaceans proper: same as Cetomorpha.
  • Same as Cete, 1.
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  • noun plural. undefined
  • noun plural. undefined
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  • noun. Whale-like mammals.
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  • noun. an order of Eutheria
    • Word Usage
    "This made possible later encephalization which reached two pinnacles in primates and particularly, humans and cetacea."
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    animal order  
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    agent  grazers  mammalia  
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