Cetacean

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  • noun. Any of various marine mammals of the order Cetacea, including the whales, dolphins, and porpoises, having the general shape of a fish with forelimbs modified to form flippers, a tail with horizontal flukes, and one or two blowholes for breathing.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to the whale, or to the Cetacea.
  • noun. An animal of the order Cete; a whale, or one of the whale kind.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One of the Cetacea.
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  • adjective. Pertaining to the zoologic order Cetacea, or associated with species falling under that taxonomic hierarchy.
  • adjective. More generally, relating to large aquatic mammals, either directly or by analogy.
  • noun. An animal belonging to the order Cetacea, including dolphins, porpoises, and whales.
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  • adjective. of or relating to whales and dolphins etc
  • noun. large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals
    • Word Usage
    "Mark wasn't sure if he meant he was composing it for them to hear or that he was composing the music on their behalf, like some kind of cetacean dictation machine."
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    herbivorous cetaceans  
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    aquatic mammal  
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    whale  
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