Cetacea
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[edit] Translingual
[edit] Etymology
Latin cetus, whale, porpoise, dolphin < Ancient Greek κῆτος (ketos) "any sea-monster or huge fish".
[edit] Proper noun
Cetacea
- a taxonomic order, within superorder Laurasiatheria - the whales, porpoises and dolphins
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taxonomic order
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[edit] See also
- Mysticeti - baleen whales
- Odontoceti - dolphins, porpoises, and other toothed whales
- Archaeoceti - extinct whales

