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Ce`ta´ce`a

n. pl.

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(Zool.) 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:

Thesaurus

Noun

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Cetacea - an order of Eutheria                 order Cetacea animal order - the order of animals Eutheria, subclass Eutheria - all mammals except monotremes and marsupials cetacean, cetacean mammal, blower - large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals Mysticeti, suborder Mysticeti - baleen whales: right whales; rorquals; blue whales; humpbacks Odontoceti, suborder Odontoceti - toothed whales: dolphins; porpoises; sperm whales; beaked whales family Monodontidae, Monodontidae - narwhals