CETACEOUS

cetacean, cetaceous

(adjective) of or relating to whales and dolphins etc

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

cetaceous (not comparable)

Relating to whales or more generally to any marine mammal of the order Cetacea.

Source: Wiktionary


Ce*ta"ceous, a. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Of or pertaining to the Cetacea.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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