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ceta·ceous
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Princeton's WordNet
cetacean, cetaceousadjective
of or relating to whales and dolphins etc
Wiktionary
cetaceousadjective
Relating to whales or more generally to any marine mammal of the order Cetacea.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Cetaceousadjective
Of the whale kind.
Etymology: from cete, whales, Lat.
Such fishes as have lungs or respiration, are not without the wezzon, as whales and cetaceous animals. Thomas Browne, Vulg. Err.
He hath created variety of these cetaceous fishes, which converse chiefly in the northern seas, whose whole body being encompassed round with a copious fat or blubber, it is enabled to abide the greatest cold of the sea-water. John Ray, on the Creation.
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cetaceous
Cetaceous refers to any animal belonging to the Cetacea, a group of aquatic, mostly marine mammals that includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises. The term is used to describe characteristics or attributes related to these animals.
Webster Dictionary
Cetaceousadjective
of or pertaining to the Cetacea
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cetaceous in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cetaceous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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