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Synonyms for cetacean

Grammar : Noun
Spell : si-tey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : sɪˈteɪ ʃən


Définition of cetacean

Origin :
  • 1836, from Cetacea, name of the order of marine mammals, + -an. As an adjective from 1839.
  • noun aquatic mammal
Example sentences :
  • Dissection of a small Cetacean sent to me from Orkney in the month of May 1835.
  • Extract from : « Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 » by Various
  • There is one passage which seems to imply that the word tannin may signify a cetacean.
  • Extract from : « Bible Animals; » by J. G. Wood
  • By nature, this cetacean prefers a cold climate to a warm one.
  • Extract from : « Seven Legs Across the Seas » by Samuel Murray
  • This cetacean was obtained on the coast of the island of Rugen, in the Baltic.
  • Extract from : « Parasites » by T. Spencer Cobbold
  • The tail was of the Cetacean pattern, and thus like that of Halicore.
  • Extract from : « The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia » by Frank Evers Beddard
  • The lumbar vertebrae are fewer than in any other Cetacean, being only two.
  • Extract from : « The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia » by Frank Evers Beddard
  • Take hold of the hand, and you are struck with its cetacean feel.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 » by Various
  • But a grampus is a cetacean, and that is the family to which whales belong.
  • Extract from : « The Corner House Girls on Palm Island » by Grace Brooks Hill
  • This species of cetacean is the Hyperoodon rostratus, and is from twenty to twenty-six feet long, with teeth in the lower jaw.
  • Extract from : « The Great Frozen Sea » by Albert Hastings Markham
  • Sometimes two or more species of cetacean are found together.
  • Extract from : « Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic » by Stephen Leatherwood

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