Cetacean (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. belonging to the Cetacea, an order of aquatic, chiefly marine mammals, including the whales and dolphins.
noun
  1. a cetacean mammal.
adjective Also: cetaceous
  1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Cetacea, an order of aquatic placental mammals having no hind limbs and a blowhole for breathing: includes toothed whales (dolphins, porpoises, etc) and whalebone whales (rorquals, right whales, etc)
noun
  1. a whale
    Cetacean (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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