cetaceans

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Definition of cetaceans in English Turkish dictionary

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cetacean

memeli deniz hayvanı

cetacean

memeli deniz hayvanları takımına mensup

cetacean

memeli deniz hayvanları ile ilgili

cetacean

(isim) memeli deniz hayvanı

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Definition of cetaceans in English English dictionary

plural of cetacean

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cetacean

Pertaining to the zoologic order 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.

cetacean

A whale, dolphin or porpoise

cetacean

any member of the group of marine mammals that includes whales, dolphins and porpoises

cetacean

Cetaceans are animals such as whales, dolphins, and porpoises. a mammal that lives in the sea, such as a whale (cetus , from ketos). Any of the exclusively aquatic placental mammals constituting the order Cetacea. They are found in oceans worldwide and in some freshwater environments. Modern cetaceans are grouped in two suborders: about 70 species of toothed whales (Odontoceti) and 13 species of toothless baleen whales (Mysticeti). They have a tapered body, no external hind limbs, and a tail ending in a horizontal blade of two lobes, or flukes. Cetaceans must come to the water's surface to breathe through blowholes located on top of their head. See also whale

cetacean

More generally, relating to large aquatic mammals, either directly or by analogy

cetacean

- The ORDER of mammals that includes whales and dolphins

cetacean

An animal belonging to the order Cetacea, including dolphins, porpoises, and whales

cetacean

large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals of or relating to whales and dolphins etc

cetacean

of or relating to whales and dolphins etc

cetacean

{i} member of a family of marine mammals which includes dolphins and whales

cetacean

One of the Cetacea

cetacean

large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals

Etymology

[ si-'tA-sh&n ] (noun.) 1836. ultimately from Latin cetus whale, from Greek kEtos.