cetacean, cetaceous
(adjective) of or relating to whales and dolphins etc
cetacean, cetacean mammal, blower
(noun) large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cetacean (comparative more cetacean, superlative most cetacean)
Pertaining to the zoologic order Cetacea, or associated with species falling under that taxonomic hierarchy.
(by extension, sometimes, figurative) Resembling or relating to large aquatic mammals.
• (belonging to order Cetacea): cetaceous
cetacean (plural cetaceans)
An animal belonging to the order Cetacea, including dolphins, porpoises, and whales.
Source: Wiktionary
Ce*ta"cean, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the Cetacea.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 January 2025
(noun) Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
