Cetacea

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Etymology [edit]

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

Proper noun [edit]

Cetacea

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

Translations [edit]

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 [edit]

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

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