Definition of cetacea

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Cetacea (n. pl.) An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring forth living young which they suckle for some time. The anterior limbs are changed to paddles; the tail flukes are horizontal. There are two living suborders:.

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Blowhole :: Blowhole (n.) A nostril or spiracle in the top of the head of a whale or other cetacean.
Beluga :: Beluga (n.) A cetacean allied to the dolphins.
Cete :: Cete (n.) One of the Cetacea, or collectively, the Cetacea..
Xiphioid :: Xiphioid (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cetacean of the genus Xiphius or family Xiphiidae..
Cetaceous :: Cetaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Cetacea.
Testicond :: Testicond (a.) Having the testicles naturally concealed, as in the case of the cetaceans..
Porpoise :: Porpoise (n.) Any small cetacean of the genus Phocaena, especially P. communis, or P. phocaena, of Europe, and the closely allied American species (P. Americana). The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and snuffer..
Mutilate :: Mutilate (a.) Having finlike appendages or flukes instead of legs, as a cetacean..
Balaenoidea :: Balaenoidea (n.) A division of the Cetacea, including the right whale and all other whales having the mouth fringed with baleen. See Baleen..
Beard :: Beard (n.) The appendages to the jaw in some Cetacea, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes..
Denticete :: Denticete (n. pl.) The division of Cetacea in which the teeth are developed, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc..
Sea Beast :: Sea beast () Any large marine mammal, as a seal, walrus, or cetacean..
Cetacea :: Cetacea (n. pl.) An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring forth living young which they suckle for some time. The anterior limbs are changed to paddles; the tail flukes are horizontal. There are two living suborders:.
Mutilate :: Mutilate (n.) A cetacean, or a sirenian..
Grampus :: Grampus (n.) A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus Grampus, esp. G. griseus of Europe and America, which is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to twenty feet long; its color is gray with white streaks. Called also cowfish. The California grampus is G. Stearnsii..
Odontocete :: Odontocete (n.pl.) A subdivision of Cetacea, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.; the toothed whales..
Narwhal :: Narwhal (n.) An arctic cetacean (Monodon monocerous), about twenty feet long. The male usually has one long, twisted, pointed canine tooth, or tusk projecting forward from the upper jaw like a horn, whence it is called also sea unicorn, unicorn fish, and unicorn whale. Sometimes two horns are developed, side by side..
Delphinoidea :: Delphinoidea (n. pl.) The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms..
Mysticete :: Mysticete (n.) Any right whale, or whalebone whale. See Cetacea..
Bottle-nose :: Bottle-nose (n.) A cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, as Delphinus Tursio and Lagenorhyncus leucopleurus, of Europe..
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