Cetacea

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Etymology

Latin cetus (“whale, porpoise, dolphin”), from Ancient Greek κῆτος (ketos, “sea-monster or huge fish”).

Proper noun

Cetacea

1. a taxonomic order within the superorder Laurasiatheria — the whales, porpoises and dolphins

Translations

taxonomic order

Breton: morviled (br) pl. Czech: kytovci (cs) m. pl.

French: cétacé (fr) m. Greek: κητώδη (el) (kētṓdē) Navajo: łóóʼtsoh dóó tééh hóyáanii

See also

• Mysticeti — baleen whales
• Odontoceti — dolphins, porpoises, and other toothed whales
• Archaeoceti — extinct whales