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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
cetacean en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
From translingual Cetacea, from Latin cētus (“whale”), + -an.
Meanings
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Pertaining to the zoologic infraorder Cetacea, or associated with species falling under that taxonomic hierarchy.
She was not as demure as she was in Roanoke; she seemed at the beginning rather like she felt more comfortable in the oceanic atmosphere harpooning her opponent. Indeed, at times, it seemed she was Ahab and the witherwin Allen was her Moby Dick; but while she sails her Pequod just as intently toward a singular goal, her alastor is much less clear and she bears no visible scars of a cetacean attacker.
2012, Hampton Roads Republican US Senate Debate Summary:The poached blubber was definitely cetacean in origin, but the particular species could not be identified.
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(broadly, figuratively, sometimes) Resembling or relating to large aquatic mammals.
[…] I would propose that external dependencies to the document would be automatically downloaded if a local copy doesn't exist so that the core distribution no longer is quite so cetacean in size.
2023 December 18, Don Hosek, “Re: LaTeX v.s. Typst: What is TeX Community's Future Plan? [closed]”, in TeX - LaTeX Stack Exchange:The obese woman, ungainly on land, moved with a kind of cetacean grace in the water.
Forms
Synonyms
cetaceous (belonging to infraorder Cetacea)
cetacean en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From translingual Cetacea, from Latin cētus (“whale”), + -an.
Meanings
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A marine mammal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea, including dolphins, porpoises, and whales, characterized by a streamlined body, one or two blowholes, tail flukes, and fin-like forelimbs without hind limbs.
The tour promised spiritual experiences with humpback whales and other cetaceans, but all we saw were seagulls and a dead sea otter.
Forms
Deriveds
noncetacean · cetology
Hypernyms
creature · vertebrate · mammal · organism · marine mammal · animal
Relateds
cetologist
Synonyms
whale[Appendix:Glossary
Translations (25)
fr cétacé (an animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea) · es cetáceo (an animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea) · eo balena (relating to organisms from Cetacea) · ru китообра́зный (an animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea) · ro cetaceu (an animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea) · sv val (an animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea) · cs kytovec (an animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea) · gv whayl (an animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea) · pl waleń (an animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea) · fi valas (relating to organisms from Cetacea) · el κήτος (an animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea) · la cētāceum (an animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea) · bg китообразно (an animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea) · fi valas (an animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea) · io cetaceo (an animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea) · it cetaceo (an animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea) · de Waltier (an animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea) · cmn 鯨目動物 /鲸目动物 (an animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea) · nl walvisachtige (an animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea) · br morvil (an animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea) · pt cetáceo (an animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea) · pl waleń (relating to organisms from Cetacea) · ca cetaci (an animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea) · ru кито́вый (an animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea) · cy morfilog (an animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea)
wikidata: Q160