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